Didn't central defenders wear 4&5 and midfielders 6&8?
I'd say centre halfs 5 & 6. Midfielders 4 & 8
Didn't central defenders wear 4&5 and midfielders 6&8?
Still fucked off we lost to Liverpool from two up at home when he got sent off.When he first signed for us, lets be generous and say some of his challenges were, er, "robust"!
I think the numbering dates back to the old 2-3-5 formation, so 2 and 3 were the full-backs (i.e. defenders), 4-5-6 were the three half-backs (i.e. midfielders), 8 and 10 were the inside forwards, 7 and 11 were the wingers, and 9 was the centre-forward. I think 5 was the first to drop back into the centre of defence, pushing the full-backs out wider, then 4 (I think) dropped back as well to make it a conventional 2-4-5-3 back four. 8 and 10 dropped into midfield along with 6, but 10 became the more attacking of the three, so 6 and 8 were more defensive mids. So in a 4-2-3-1 formation, it'd be 2-4-5-3 in defence, 6-8 defensive mids, 7-10-11 attacking mids, and 9 striker.Didn't central defenders wear 4&5 and midfielders 6&8?
Stones is a top quality centre half and a future England and city captain. Yes he has made a few errors but he won't reach his peak for another 6 or 7 years. Alongside Vinny he will become world class. As a traditionalist I like to see the central defenders wearing 5 or 6, full backs wearing 2&3, central midfielders wearing 4&8, wingers wearing 7&11 and forwards wearing 9&10. Don't think we'll ever see 1-11 out as the starting 11 again but it would be nice
Pretty sure Doyle and Watson wore 4 and 5 respectively. Owen wore 6, Barnes 7, Kidd 8, Royle 9, Hartford 10 and Tueart 11. Unless old age has played havoc with my memory!I'd say centre halfs 5 & 6. Midfielders 4 & 8
Good shout, that.Still fucked off we lost to Liverpool from two up at home when he got sent off.
Pretty sure Doyle and Watson wore 4 and 5 respectively. Owen wore 6, Barnes 7, Kidd 8, Royle 9, Hartford 10 and Tueart 11. Unless old age has played havoc with my memory!
I can, at a stretch, remember Tommy Booth at CB alongside Doyle. The memory starts to get hazy at that point!Depends on your age I guess, 5 Hendy/Curle, 6 Redmond/Vonk for me
I think the numbering dates back to the old 2-3-5 formation, so 2 and 3 were the full-backs (i.e. defenders), 4-5-6 were the three half-backs (i.e. midfielders), 8 and 10 were the inside forwards, 7 and 11 were the wingers, and 9 was the centre-forward. I think 5 was the first to drop back into the centre of defence, pushing the full-backs out wider, then 4 (I think) dropped back as well to make it a conventional 2-4-5-3 back four. 8 and 10 dropped into midfield along with 6, but 10 became the more attacking of the three, so 6 and 8 were more defensive mids. So in a 4-2-3-1 formation, it'd be 2-4-5-3 in defence, 6-8 defensive mids, 7-10-11 attacking mids, and 9 striker.
Or something like that.
11 10. 9. 8. 7
outside left. Inside left. Centre Forward. Inside right. Outside right
6. 5. 4
Left halfback. Centre Half(back). Right halfback
3. 2.
Left fullback. Right fullback
1.
Goal Keeper