It's been around at least as long as 7 and slightly longer than 9.
It's been around at least as long as 7 and slightly longer than 9.
10 = Riquelme
8 = 'Super' Frankie Lampard, complete with pointing to the sky for whichever disabled child has died this week
6 = Beckenbauer
4 = Makelele
Am I right?
In other news, what's this Andre Gomes chap Barcelona are trying to send over in lieu of actual money like? I remember thinking he was half decent for Portugal at the Euros, but then international football is played at sub-Serie A pace so I fear he would be a total passenger in the Premier League.
I was thinking about how this naming convention works with defenders, because in my head Beckenbauer would be a 5, but so would Per Mertesacker because a 2/3 should be your fullbacks and you've used 4 for your DM.
4 and 5 have to be the centre halves, no?
Then you've got Matthaus and Sammer fucking everything up by being a defensive 10.
1 - goalkeeper
2 - right back (must be under 5 foot 7)
3 - left back (set piece prowess optional)
4 - fouling centre midfield man
5 - chin-stroking centre back who's decent on the ball
6 - big ugly centre back with top speed of 0
7 - right footed creator with complex backstory and some kind of addiction
8 - box to box warpaint sledgehammer
9 - carthorse
10 - philosopher king
11 - skilful both footer ultimately doomed to fall in the shadow of 7, 8, 9 and 10
Those work in a FOUR FOUR FUCKING TWO but no other formation which is the issue.
What's wrong with terms like "Defensive midfielder", "Central Attacking Midfielder" and "Shitkicker"...?
You all sound like Mert and his bros on the annual fratconvention.
Brah she's totally a 7 and you are a solid 9 brah, just look at your eyelashes brah they are killer dude
I saw someone on twitter referring to a formation as a 1-4-2-3-1 the other day. What the fuck is going on?
Does anyone fucking know what a number 6 does then?
6 and 8 haven't been fully established here because we're stuck clinging on to the days of 4-4-2. Numbers 7 (any right winger) and 9 (good old fashioned proper centre forward, no funny business) work the best because they clearly relate to 4-4-2. Number 10 also works because we as a country were transfixed on the concept of 'playing in the hole/between the lines' and the idea of not playing two strikers, so the number 10 drew attention. Hence 10 can be a support striker ala Rooney or an exotic playmaker.
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3 in the middle? That's the kind of lunacy which should see a sectioning.
apparently when they started doing numbers people played in a 2-3-5 (da fuck?!)
and that evolved to this:
Thanks, google.
This might be the wankiest couple of pages in TTH history.
Well, in more transfery news, Watford have signed some Brazilian I have never heard of for £11m.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40864766
How the hell has he got a work permit?
"Extraordinary talent" or something.
They changed it a while back, any transfer over 10 million automatically qualifies for one because no football team would ever spend that much money on someone shit (lol)
Imagine being named "Richarlison"
So Liverpool spend Summer after Summer poaching Southampton players, to the extent that a public apology was needed earlier this summer, but Barcelona want a second player of theirs in 5 years and they shit the bed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40841080
Southampton have signed Mario Lemina from Juve for up to £18m.
Wait what? Wasn't he supposed to be the shit? Lots of clubs chasing him for 40m?
Am I getting him mixed up with someone? (Not Lemar, I know that).
Apparently PSG are considering an £80m bid for Alexis Sanchez. Maybe they should've offered that before they broke the market with the Neymar deal.
What about a 'false' 9?
Back to barcelona is where he needs to go. Purely for the benefit of my bank account.
The bitter-enders of Barca, Mate still haven't given Neymar clearance to move, which is lol.
Word on the street is that Liverpool were forced to apologise to Southampton for tapping up van Dijk back in June because Klopp was spotted talking to him on Skype while he was on vacation in Iceland.
lol
if Barca don't put in the FIFA transfer papers or w/e the fuck and the deadline passes ...... then what?
Football stops, and Real Madrid are declared the final football champions.
Burnley selling Andre Gray to Watford. They are doomed with Keane and Gray gone and little chance of replicating that home form from last year.
I wonder where all the TV money they've banked over the last few years has gone? No improvements to the ground, making healthy profits on player sales, apparently the training ground is mediocre. Board lining their pockets surely.
Is there even any point in Burnley improving the ground? It can hold 30% of the townspeople as it is.
Fucking hell. I did not like the sound of that Rafa press conference. I dunno whether he's testing Ashley for more support or making actual plan B's for an exit. I'm scared either way.
"It’s very difficult (for me to leave). My Chinese is not good enough (!). No I try to do my best now. It has to be something you cannot control. At the moment I am fully committed to do the best that I can do now.
That's classic snidey shit from Rafa, he's off.
Maybe they can attract more corporate entities with a more upmarket stadium. They could land some sweet Rugby League Weekender like we do. Or a couple of games during an eventual England 20XX.
£90m bid from Barcelona for Coutinho has been instantly rejected.
His 'back injury' doesn't sound that promising.
I guess the acid test will be whether he's still around come the Hoffenheim game, and then whether he plays or not.