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Just wondering if you could spare a couple of minutes to help me out?

basically I want to know the positions you associate with each shirt number in football, in a typical 442 system.
eg 1 = GK, 2 = RB

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Thanks

You present this like it is some sort of opinion rather than factual ?!

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-2-------------5-----------6--------------3-

-7-------------8-----------4--------------11

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Aha, except I'd have #4 at CB and #6 in the midfield...

truewhite15 wrote:Aha, except I'd have #4 at CB and #6 in the midfield...

As would I.

Nah... No.4 is for a midfield enforcer.

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

truewhite15 wrote:Aha, except I'd have #4 at CB and #6 in the midfield...

As would I.

And you'd both have it wrong then.

Bruce Rioja wrote:

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

truewhite15 wrote:Aha, except I'd have #4 at CB and #6 in the midfield...

As would I.

And you'd both have it wrong then.

this is exactly what is found. I took 6 as a centre half and 4 as a defensive midfielder as gospel, but I got picked up on it. this is the only discrepancy I have come across and when I get a few more responses I'll try and explain why.

boltonboris wrote:Nah... No.4 is for a midfield enforcer.

I'm sure Gudni Bergsson would disagree with you. As would Matt Mills.

4 is definitely a midfielder.
Think 4. Greaves, 5. Jones, 6. Allardyce.
Or, more recently, 4. McAteer, 5. Seagraves, 6. Stubbs.

Although 4 has also, in my memory, been a left-sided midfielder, too. Robbie Savage and Paul Comstive.

But 5 and 6 are your central defenders. In a 442. In a 236, 4 would be you right-half, 5 your centre-half and 6 your left-half.

truewhite15 wrote:

boltonboris wrote:Nah... No.4 is for a midfield enforcer.

I'm sure Gudni Bergsson would disagree with you. As would Matt Mills.

They're squad numbers. That changed everything.

Otherwise, you'll be arguing that 22 is a traditional goalkeeper's number.

Prufrock wrote:You present this like it is some sort of opinion rather than factual ?!

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I bet OC is drooling uncontrollably at that stunning shapely 4-4-2.

Prufrock wrote:You present this like it is some sort of opinion rather than factual ?!

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This is what I would put.

Puskas wrote:4 is definitely a midfielder.
Think 4. Greaves, 5. Jones, 6. Allardyce.
Or, more recently, 4. McAteer, 5. Seagraves, 6. Stubbs.

Although 4 has also, in my memory, been a left-sided midfielder, too. Robbie Savage and Paul Comstive.

But 5 and 6 are your central defenders. In a 442. In a 236, 4 would be you right-half, 5 your centre-half and 6 your left-half.

I suspect 236 is illegal, but if you mean 235 you are correct. Those were the days, eh Tango?

Montreal Wanderer wrote:

Puskas wrote:4 is definitely a midfielder.
Think 4. Greaves, 5. Jones, 6. Allardyce.
Or, more recently, 4. McAteer, 5. Seagraves, 6. Stubbs.

Although 4 has also, in my memory, been a left-sided midfielder, too. Robbie Savage and Paul Comstive.

But 5 and 6 are your central defenders. In a 442. In a 236, 4 would be you right-half, 5 your centre-half and 6 your left-half.

I suspect 236 is illegal, but if you mean 235 you are correct. Those were the days, eh Tango?

236 involves playing a fly-goalie. This may or may not be legal, and hence may actually involve no goalie at all. This would definitely be legal, but possibly not wise.

Otherwise, maybe I do mean 235...

Pah. Damn those who can count.

Montreal Wanderer wrote:

Puskas wrote:4 is definitely a midfielder.
Think 4. Greaves, 5. Jones, 6. Allardyce.
Or, more recently, 4. McAteer, 5. Seagraves, 6. Stubbs.

Although 4 has also, in my memory, been a left-sided midfielder, too. Robbie Savage and Paul Comstive.

But 5 and 6 are your central defenders. In a 442. In a 236, 4 would be you right-half, 5 your centre-half and 6 your left-half.

I suspect 236 is illegal, but if you mean 235 you are correct. Those were the days, eh Tango?

We played 2-3-5 when I was a boy too

Jimmy Phillips played Inside Left.

Bruce Rioja wrote: Jimmy Phillips played Inside Left.

That was where Puskas played!

Jimmy Phillips. The Lancastrian Puskas. Marvellous.

Bruce Rioja wrote:

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

truewhite15 wrote:Aha, except I'd have #4 at CB and #6 in the midfield...

As would I.

And you'd both have it wrong then.

Though there is some logic in their suggestion, which is quite absent in the actual case.

Bruce Rioja wrote:

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

truewhite15 wrote:Aha, except I'd have #4 at CB and #6 in the midfield...

As would I.

And you'd both have it wrong then.

Beat me to it, BR