J-Maestro 13,897 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 16 minutes ago, The Beast said: When did this bullshit of 6's, 8's, 10's etc creep it's way into our football vernacular. People generally were not using this phrasology just a few years ago. Is it an Americanism? It's been about since I was young and that's over 30 years ago. It went away for a bit with people describing the position for a while, but generally a 10 has been the second striker or attack midfielder forever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,303 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 57 minutes ago, J-Maestro said: It's been about since I was young and that's over 30 years ago. It went away for a bit with people describing the position for a while, but generally a 10 has been the second striker or attack midfielder forever. The lazy spiv position someone called it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southsider 387 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 hour ago, The Beast said: When did this bullshit of 6's, 8's, 10's etc creep it's way into our football vernacular. People generally were not using this phrasology just a few years ago. Is it an Americanism? The concept of a number 10 has been around for ages. Maradonna usually played with 10 on his back and was devastating in the role. However, it sometimes gets used as an excuse for a player who doesn't have the pace to play wide, the finishing to be an out and out striker or the tackling to play in midfield. So a player who is reasonably skillful and and can make the odd pass gets labelled as "really a number 10". The problem with a mediocre no 10 is that trying to fit them into a team can weaken other areas. Which is exactly where we are now. Thomas Buffel was another one who was difficult to fit into the team. As for 6s and 8s - fuck knows and that does seem BS to me as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewaj3 1,472 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Whilst I do think we miss the best version of Davis... I think you could say the same about the best version of any decent player, whether its Defoe, Morelos, Aribo, Arfield, Barry Ferguson, Gough, Laudrup, Durrant, Numan, Greig... etc etc Course a player that's done well is going to improve a side that's not doing well... Need to look to the future now, not think of those in the past. Club needs investment and needs a structure revamp from youth, to recruitment to management CharlieT 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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