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A 4 can denote a kind of playmaking 6.
Nouveau as fuck mate!
More old school really
This could be a massive coup!
2/4/5/3 = Back four as far back as I can remember..... Or are you refering exclusively to Italy in the 40s or something niche like that?
Not quite, but the fact that English football rarely had anything as maverick as a deep lying playmaker, meant it was far more common in places like Italy. Hoddle wore 4 for a couple of seasons for us. Vieira did. Fabregas. I would call Jorginho a 4 in his role at Chelsea (&napoli) . Pirlo started as a 10 ended his career as a 4. Pretty sure Guardiola was a 4 type. Xabi Alonso maybe.
....Anomalies happen due to pre-existing squad shirt allocations and players moving on etc., but 4 is and 'always' was traditionally a CB. Less traditionally, in more modern times i'd happily conceded that shirt numbers mean less in relation to actual positions.
I guess what I'm struggling with in terms of your rational is that somehow #6 suddenly in turn comes to 'mean' CB just cos your deep MF has a pass in them.
Pretty trivial stuff, I guess so don't wanna bunker down over this.
Excellent news.
2/4/5/3 = Back four as far back as I can remember..... Or are you refering exclusively to Italy in the 40s or something niche like that?
Also begs the question as to what is going on at RB Leipzig (all the RB sports franchises as he headed them all) as it's not just him that has left but the fraud Paul Mitchell too.They’ve already built themselves a nice little team on the quiet, if they keep it together for next season, I think they will easily be top4 next season.
Be interesting to see if the Rangnick thing works out, especially at a club like Milan.
I really wish we’d tried to bring him in and reboot our whole system.
Also begs the question as to what is going on at RB Leipzig (all the RB sports franchises as he headed them all) as it's not just him that has left but the fraud Paul Mitchell too.