Micky Mellon feels his Oldham Athletic players are establishing the versatility needed to tackle any challenge that might come their way in the National League.
The Latics boss has tinkered with the positioning of some players, for example moving Reagan Ogle from right wing back to the right of a back three in recent weeks.
And he says it was a deliberate act in order to enable them to make tactical changes within games whenever the need arises.
"We want to be able to flip between both if I'm honest, we want to be able to slide it around and without sounding complicated we can do full back things when we can and also be the third centre back when needed," Mellon explained.
"Also with the wing back, can he be the full back when needed and be a bit more flexible like that? Because every game's different and you want to try and attack them differently.
"If you've got the players in your group who are able to do that - Manny (Monthe) has been able to do that on the other side, he gets forward well from that side and we want that from the outside centre backs when we play that way.
"It was always something that we always kind of had our eye on, the qualities to be able to play there as a centre back but also the qualities to be able to play there as an attacking full back as well.
"It's good. We still have big Shaun (Hobson) who can do that job as well. It's important that we have different players who can play the same positions a bit differently if needed. That's good to have in the group.
And, speaking ahead of tomorrow's visit of Yeovil Town (kick-off 3pm), Mellon believes that type of versatility is essential in the modern game.
"It's huge because you're playing against so many different systems now and every game's different," said the Oldham manager in an interview with the club.
"When I listen to people talking on TV about tactics and stuff like that they talk as if they presume everybody will play well. Sometimes when you come up against teams they have a player that suddenly has a fantastic game and sometimes you have players in your own team that don't play the way you would like them to play. They're human beings.
"So it's important you have those other options to try to play a bit differently so that when you come across different problems you want different players to be able to help you solve those problems because one size doesn't fit all, every game's different so when different problems come along you hope that the players around you can solve those problems."
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