Yes you cant remember the date number of your birthday
OneTrueLegend
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6 = Defensive Midfielder (DM) Tackler, Deep lying playmaker, destroyer
8 = Central Midfielder (CM), Box to Box player
10 = Attacking Midfielder (AM) sometimes called Central Attacking Midfielder (CAM), a person who links the play between the deeper part of midfield and the attack, can also be classed a a Second Striker (SS), so they play slightly deeper than a number 9, but are still high up the pitch and will be in and around the box when we attack.
positions have changed a bit over the years, but if you look at the Everton teams of the 60's Kendall would have been the 6, Harvey the 8 and Ball the 10. Though Harvey and Ball were capable of switching.
The team of the 80's I would say Reid is the 6, Bracewell the 8 and Heath would be the 10, though in those days we played more 442, so Heath's position was a second striker, but he would start from a deeper position than Sharp, in the 9
6 - Defensive midfielder, like Vieira
8 - Bit more box to box, like Lampard (though under some managers he played more as a 10)
10 - Sits almost behind striker, wasted defending, like De Bruyne.
All a bit of a nonsense really, profiles, etc.
Prefer defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder and wingers.
8 - Bit more box to box, like Lampard (though under some managers he played more as a 10)
10 - Sits almost behind striker, wasted defending, like De Bruyne.
All a bit of a nonsense really, profiles, etc.
Prefer defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder and wingers.
We’ve gone full “angry man yells at cloud”, haven’t we?
The only numbers I bother about were those of the finest midfield we ever had. 4, 6, 8.
The rest is code shared by those who Know About Football. Or Inverted Swines as I call them.
The rest is code shared by those who Know About Football. Or Inverted Swines as I call them.
Back in the ;late 1960s - we had a no 10 who played alongside the Captain Labone an ex striker John Hurst he would carry the ball out of defence scored loads & boy what a defender - we won the league with him - made John Stones in his pomp look average ....
He was also never injured much should have been capped - he captained the under 23 England side ... teams only played back then with one centre half a master stoke by Harry Catterick ... he was MOTM a hell of a lot in big games ....plus bally who was no 8 but was box to box & scored 17 goals one season from midfield ...
Jacko93
Player Valuation: £35m
This is how I've always understood it.
Spot on
OneTrueLegend
Player Valuation: £35m
Given that Everton were the first team to wear shirts numbered 1-11 in a competitive match (1933 cup final), much of this is our fault, I would only make 2 changes to what you put there and that would be;
8= CM
7 = RW
Back in 1933 we had different formations and played a 2-3-5, but even then the number 7 was "outside right" which is basically "Right Wing" in todays systems and 8 was an "Inside Forward" which would be a central midfield or Attacking Central Midfielder by todays standards
| GK | 1 |  Ted Sagar |
| DF | 2 |  Billy Cook |
| DF | 3 | Warney Cresswell |
| MF | 4 | Cliff Britton |
| MF | 5 | Tommy White |
| MF | 6 |  Jock Thomson |
| FW | 7 | Albert Geldard |
| FW | 8 | James Dunn |
| FW | 9 | Dixie Dean (c) |
| FW | 10 | Tommy Johnson |
| FW | 11 | Jimmy Stein |
Really grates on me this.
Still think 'squad numbers' are ridiculous and players should wear 1-11
15 minutes and 12 seconds in
The squad numbers I have no problem with, but the referral to players by a number and not “ACM” for example, is what gets me.
And from the replies so far it appears to be an entirely arbitrary system causing confusion. That’s not a criticism on those who have very kindly replied with their views but it highlights the potential for confusion.
But what about an Inside Forward?
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