Shaun Wright-Phillips believes the likes of Jeremy Doku and Ethan Nwaneri are bringing back old school wingers to the Premier League
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00:00How do you see wingers now compared to when you played?
00:03I think the wingers now didn't play FA knockouts or Wembley.
00:08I don't know if you two remember that game.
00:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:10Loved it, loved it.
00:11That's what made me the winger.
00:13Yeah.
00:13I was in many ways because it was one versus 10 other players.
00:17Yeah.
00:17And I had to find a solution of either how to get a shot or get, kind of get to the goal.
00:23Now that's starting to come back, which like I'm loving with Dolku,
00:27Yeah, yeah.
00:27Savinio, Semenyo.
00:29Yeah.
00:29Like they're just there at abundance now.
00:32You see Wanyeri from Arsenal, Sakhar, like they're players that are starting to now
00:37bring back those days where they're drifting past people.
00:40Like I watched Dolku, like when he played against Liverpool,
00:43he obviously posted a picture of him dribbling Trent on the floor, like kind of behind him.
00:49And I just felt the need to say thank you.
00:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:53To say like, you've nearly made me cry watching you play because it was just
00:57brilliant to see wingers entertaining crowds again.
01:00Because I've always seen myself as an entertainer.
01:03Yeah.
01:03And I tell my other son that plays on the wing, I said like, listen, you got to entertain.
01:08Yeah.
01:08Entertain means create chances, take people on, excite people.
01:11Yeah.
01:11So if you're doing that right, most managers are going to play you.
01:15Yeah.
01:15Yeah.
01:15And so that's how I became in many ways, SWP.