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101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more: Hull & Portsmouth face financial meltdown, as United are set to splash the cash on Villa & Silva
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Tactics guru Jonathan Wilson on the engima of the elusive deep lying centre forward http://tinyurl.com/yh9r563 26 days ago |
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football geekiness expounded http://bit.ly/24Vtvi 26 days ago |
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Last season, Lionel Messi dropped deep and disrupted the opposition marking, having started in a central positi.. http://bit.ly/x7J07 27 days ago |
Hull & Portsmouth face financial meltdown, as United are set to splash the cash on Villa & Silva
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more —
... In a standout article, Jonathan Wilson picks up the tactical debate to wonder “why are teams so tentative about false nines?” “English football, with its simplistic tactical shapes, has traditionally struggled with players who don’t stand where they’re supposed to, which in part explains the success of the likes of Eric Cantona, Gianfranco Zola and Dennis Bergkamp in the 90s… [So] why, if false nines are so dangerous, do teams who have used them successfully then turn away from them. It is, frankly, rather puzzling, and there ...
Wednesday Links: Pompey hit with transfer ban, Man United liked with Villa & Silva, Shock Real loss
The Footy Blog —
... has been congratulated by Michel Platini for his touchline 'wonder goal'. Australia + The billionaire owner of one of Australia’s A-League football team is restricting attendance at his club’s next home match to cut costs, a move that has run him afoul of league authorities. Tactics + Jonathan Wilson: Why are teams so tentative about false nines? ...
Some News for Thu Oct 29, 2009
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... Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at the modern evolution and confusion of the player wearing the #9 shirt. He describes a position he calls the False Nine. ...
Fire advance: McBride's injury proves fortuitous
SoccerBlog.com —
... Not to cast aspersions on McBride, he remains a great warrior and a playoff goal leader, but the Fire's over reliance on the big target man and the attack was beginning to look one dimensional. Nyarko's arrival changed all of that. I remember reading Jonathan Wilson's article of a "false nine" and here was a perfect example as Emmanuel Osei had a torrid time defending him. ...
