He has been employed as a central striker since joining Arsenal on transfer deadline day and, although Wenger believes Welbeck is benefitting from a run in his favoured position, he feels his experience of playing on the wing has helped develop him as a team player.
Unlike the Red Devils' boss, Guardiola was unwilling to guarantee Schweinsteiger a starting berth in his favoured position, in front of the defence.
He's usually afforded man-of-the-match status for this, but sadly there's an elephant in the room: Liverpool wouldn't have been three goals down if Kaka, Andrea Pirlo and Gino Gatusso hadn't played ring-a-ring-a-roses around him during the first half, as Gerrard played in his favoured position, the Central Midfield Role He Doesn't Have The Nous To Fill (also known colloquially as The Beckham).
Despite starting the new season in his favoured position through the middle, Ba expressed his displeasure at being a substitute for Monday's 2-2 drat at Everton, where he came off the bench to score both goals.
Tonight's kaleidoscope saw Shinji Kagawa deployed in his favoured position in the "hole" behind Wayne Rooney.
Yet Jones, who will surely hope to be selected in his favoured position this season, was impressive.
These were mainly to do with not being selected in his favoured position while playing for Bradford, and "saying stuff without thinking".
Mourinho has earmarked him as Terry's long-term replacement and there should be greater opportunities in his favoured position next term.
It has the benefit of being the formation the majority of these players are accustomed to at club level, and should mean everyone plays in their favoured position.
