and Fergie
Weird feelings of football
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and Fergie
And at least one sikh.
...and is not having a good season therefore.
See, scientific fact.
Ireland play Georgia every 6 months or so
And it starts out with Georgia playing promisely only to concede and fall back into their usual shitness.
Whenever it shows those boys, we have a ritual to shout 'Singh when you're winning'
And RVP blowing his nose when he was with us.
aaah, the age old thumb pressed on the nostril trick
it literally was after ANYTHING he'd done..he must have weak sinuses.Rafael looks like Fabio
The 5-1 game vs Germany was the last time England played against a decent side in a qualification match, it's been Ukraine/Poland/Slovenia/San Marino ever since.
aaah, the age old thumb pressed on the nostril trick
Carrick is doing the same after shooting off target or misplacing a pass
Did u forget the EC 2008 qualifications?
Every good player is "the first one to arrive and last one to leave training", according to their teammates.
Hamburg SV is where promising careers come to die.
McAuley has been WBA's top scorer for the last 4 years
McAuley has been WBA's top scorer for the last 4 years
50% of the lower-table teams in La Liga are coached by a tactically visionary, yet largely unknown manager from Latin America.
Every single truly big match anywhere in the world is played in rain.
spot on.If somebody says "oh, he always scores against us" about a player, that player will have scored roughly one goal in the last twelve games against that person's club.
Defensive midfielders are very rarely blonde haired.
Defensive midfielders tend to be boring footballers. Never flashy, always carry another day at the office attitude, typically industrious -- and for some reason, many are bald.
And plain looking.
This whole 'number 6' has been said a lot more, I mean a number 6 to me is a center back. 4 should be the defensive, I mean think of shirt numbers ffs
pees me off no end.
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pees me off no end.
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It varies. In The UK a 4 was mostly a midfielder and 6 a defender. In Europe and South America, 2,3,4,5 is your back four and a 6 is a midfielder. To me, the latter makes more sense. Why would your back four be 2,3,5,6 and the 4 go in to the next line?
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2 4 5 3
6
8 10
7 ------ 11
9
It's daft we've started doing that anyway, naming positions by numbers. It only seems to apply to 6, 8, 9 and 10. It's a bit hipster, but I'm also guilty of doing it. "An 8" is easier than "box to box midfielder".2 4 5 3
6
8 10
7 ------ 11
9
Everytime there's a good prospect or a wonderkid in Football Manager, he becomes crap in real life.
Anelka is still playing somewhere in England.
Roberto Carlos has looked exactly the same since he was 17.
The grass is darker at Old Trafford than anywhere else.
Roberto Carlos has looked exactly the same since he was 17.
The grass is darker at Old Trafford than anywhere else.
West Brom don't buy or sell players. They just keep the same hoard of average players year on year.
Every time there is a documentary about a footballer they always seems to find this footballers first teacher, and this teacher will always tell you that this footballer always had a football with him wherever he went, also that he could be a bit handful at times - "but he was a great kid!".
Despite being in the top ten most popular boys name every year in England for more than 40 years, Milner and Beattie are the only English James's to make it.
De Gea only gets beaten by deflections.
The english numbers aren't linked to a back four but a back two.
And if that was a dictionary definition there would be a photo of Nicky Butt next to it.
Our numbers are linked back to the 50s and 60s and the systems used then
You're not wrong on this. I can't think of a skillful defensive mid. Maybe Vieira.
We're in the era of Sergio Busquets, whose position ultimately descends from Pep himself.
Squad numbers originated with the 2-3-5 formation, but the numbers evolved as formations evolved. It wasn't until the early/mid 90s that squad numbers were given to individual players rather than positions. Formations changed enormously during the late 60s and in to the 70s and 80s. Hence a 6 being widely known as a defensive midfielder, and not the 4 or the 5, even though 4s and 5s were midfielders originally.
Outside of the UK, the 2,3,4,5 back four became quite universal, as did the 6 and 8 central midfield, and 10 being anywhere between the midfield and a striker. When we refer to squad numbers as positions today, that evolution is what is being referred to, and not the 2-3-5.
I know.
Not sure why you questioned it then.
I didn't question anything, I literally said that the english numbers are linked to the back 2 instead of the back 4.
Every time we start with a lineup approved by the Cafe, we are shite. And vice-versa.