compo 7,046 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 In my day they never had strikers or midfielders or wing backs or any of the fancy dan titles players get now . we had two good wingers who would recieve the ball from their inside forwards who would have had the ball passed to them from a couple of silky half backs like a Baxter or McCall the ball would find its way to a good old fashioned centre forward like a Millar , Forrest or a Colin Stein who most times they would at least make the opposition goalkeeper earn his wages . Now these days we have wing backs holding midfielders we line up in all fancy shapes like this mythical diamond that might be okay if your team has players like Messi or Ronaldo but we dont we have a bunch of ordinary footballers who at times seem to struggle to put two decent passes together so on sunday if our manager has any sense left he should play with two cwntre forwards two half backs who can slip in some through passes and play some good old one twos get two player out on the wings to get to the goal line and cut the ball back , high , low soft and whipping in balls to the centres feet all this backed up with defenders that would boot their sick granny to win the all and its three points in the bag for us piece of toffee its that easy . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,627 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I don't know what a half back is. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bluedell said: I don't know what a half back is. A cross between a full back and a winger now called a midfielder,a number 4 or 6 as there were no squad numbers then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,627 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, MacK1950 said: A cross between a full back and a winger now called a midfielder,a number 4 or 6 as there were no squad numbers then. So Kamara? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) Could be a half back or inside forward(no.10 or no.8) ? Edited March 20, 2019 by MacK1950 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,639 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 The tactics have evolved but the positions you're talking about are still around--they just have different names. Man City line up in the WM formation, first developed in the 30s! I think a half-back is a 6? Inside forward is more of an 8, or actually still just an inside forward (Or, they are maybe further forward a wee touch)? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 26 minutes ago, Rousseau said: The tactics have evolved but the positions you're talking about are still around--they just have different names. Man City line up in the WM formation, first developed in the 30s! I think a half-back is a 6? Inside forward is more of an 8, or actually still just an inside forward (Or, they are maybe further forward a wee touch)? Thanks for that graph only thing is the centre full back you show was known as a centre half e.g. Ronnie McKinnon. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,011 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 The graph is spot on. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Rousseau said: The tactics have evolved but the positions you're talking about are still around--they just have different names. Man City line up in the WM formation, first developed in the 30s! I think a half-back is a 6? Inside forward is more of an 8, or actually still just an inside forward (Or, they are maybe further forward a wee touch)? Back in the day the number on the player's shirt designated his position. Ergo ... 1 goalkeeper Ritchie 2 right back Shearer 3 left back Caldow 4 right half Greig 5 centre half McKinnon 6 left half Baxter 7 right winger Scott 8 inside right MacMillan 9 centre forward Millar 10 inside left Brand 11 left winger Wilson The centre half played between the right back and the left back, with one or both of the inside forwards joining the half backs in midfield. Eventually this evolved to one of the half backs( usually the RH) playing behind the centre half as a sweeper, with the other half back joining both inside forwards in midfield. This was Sir Alf Ramsey's, he managed England to their world cup in '66, preferred formation - 4_3_3. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 51 minutes ago, Scott7 said: The graph is spot on. 3 minutes ago, barca72 said: Back in the day the number on the player's shirt designated his position. Ergo ... 1 goalkeeper Ritchie 2 right back Shearer 3 left back Caldow 4 right half Greig 5 centre half McKinnon 6 left half Baxter 7 right winger Scott 8 inside right MacMillan 9 centre forward Millar 10 inside left Brand 11 left winger Wilson The centre half played between the right back and the left back, with one or both of the inside forwards joining the half backs in midfield. Eventually this evolved to one of the half backs( usually the RH) playing behind the centre half as a sweeper, with the other half back joining both inside forwards in midfield. This was Sir Alf Ramsey's, he managed England to their world cup in '66, preferred formation - 4_3_3. I disagree that the graph is spot on. In the old days it was always set up as a 1-2-3-5. the full backs were real defenders and the two players wide of the centre-half were called half-backs who joined the midfield. I now see that Barca explained it better than me. Not Rangers but this was the normal set-up. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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