Who makes up all of the new terms and why does it stick, some of the stuff below only seems to have appeared in the last few years.
What we tend to get now and what it possibly was before
Low block - Plenty back
High press - Attack in numbers
False 9 - Attacking midfielder
False 10 - Midfielder
Inverted wingers - Midfielder
Expansive play - Use the wide men
Sweeper Keeper - Rush keeper (From my 1970s school days)
etc
Cant remember any of that pre 2010 probably later.
Tilton sharkWho makes up all of the new terms and why does it stick, some of the stuff below only seems to have appeared in the last few years.
What we tend to get now and what it possibly was before
Low block - Plenty back
High press - Attack in numbers
False 9 - Attacking midfielder
False 10 - Midfielder
Inverted wingers - Midfielder
Expansive play - Use the wide men
Sweeper Keeper - Rush keeper (From my 1970s school days)
etc
Cant remember any of that pre 2010 probably later.
Don’t forget “recycled” 🤷♂️
Tilton sharkWho makes up all of the new terms and why does it stick, some of the stuff below only seems to have appeared in the last few years.
What we tend to get now and what it possibly was before
Low block - Plenty back
High press - Attack in numbers
False 9 - Attacking midfielder
False 10 - Midfielder
Inverted wingers - Midfielder
Expansive play - Use the wide men
Sweeper Keeper - Rush keeper (From my 1970s school days)
etc
Cant remember any of that pre 2010 probably later.
Evolution innit, as more stats become available there can be more technical terms for things.
I appreciate you might call anyone who plays somewhere near the middle of the park a "midfielder" but some of us like to be more precise and accurate :)
I think it has always happened through the history of the game I give you ,
Inside Left / Right
Inside Forward
Half Back
Wing Halves
You don't hear these terms being used much if at all
What the feck is a ‘number 6’? Used to be one of the centre halves
What the feck is a ‘number 6’?
...I am not a number, I am a free man! 😤
More pundits equals morebullshitterminology.
In a fecking areaTilton sharkWho makes up all of the new terms and why does it stick, some of the stuff below only seems to have appeared in the last few years.
What we tend to get now and what it possibly was before
Low block - Plenty back
High press - Attack in numbers
False 9 - Attacking midfielder
False 10 - Midfielder
Inverted wingers - Midfielder
Expansive play - Use the wide men
Sweeper Keeper - Rush keeper (From my 1970s school days)
etc
Cant remember any of that pre 2010 probably later.
Don’t forget “recycled” 🤷♂️
Madeira BlueMore pundits equals morebullshitterminology.
Exactly this
Pundits trying to make out that they see stuff we don’t
Drivel
I always hit mute
Magog BlueI think it has always happened through the history of the game I give you ,
Inside Left / Right
Inside Forward
Half Back
Wing Halves
You don't hear these terms being used much if at all
Inside forward is back in use.
Liverpool use them heavily with Salah and Diaz/ Jota. They've often used a false 9 as well, to open up the space for them in the centre by dropping deeper.
Then there is the inverted winger, which is somewhere between a winger and an inside forward.
Herefordshire Cider BoozerOnion bag. Hospital ball.
No such thing as an onion bag now. All these modern box nets are pulled so tight, the ball just rebounds off them faster than it went in. I miss the days of the ball nestling in the onion bag and the keeper having to make the walk of shame to lift the net up and retrieve the ball.
I'm glad I've seen this thread. I know what they actually mean now.
Another saying that seems to be more recent is 'this group' when referring to the squad or team.