TomThumb84 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1-11 with 1-11 squad numbers and in a 4-4-2, with all the players in the positions their numbers should be. Football is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 First time in the PL since 1999, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomThumb84 Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Northern Red said: First time in the PL since 1999, apparently. Its frankly, a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Love that from Burnley. Proper club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 15 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said: 1-11 with 1-11 squad numbers and in a 4-4-2, with all the players in the positions their numbers should be. Football is back. When I quickly read this I thought it was the scoreline from their game. As others have said it harks back to the days of “proper” old school football, when you were either in the team ( and given a shirt number from 2-11 dependant on your position), 12 if you were named sub, or you were not playing so got nothing. The other players were part of the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said: 1-11 with 1-11 squad numbers and in a 4-4-2, with all the players in the positions their numbers should be. Football is back. Does that mean that a number 7 is a right winger and a number 9 is a centre forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, swanker said: Does that mean that a number 7 is a right winger and a number 9 is a centre forward? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomThumb84 Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, swanker said: Does that mean that a number 7 is a right winger and a number 9 is a centre forward? Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 minute ago, TomThumb84 said: Correct The good old days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomThumb84 Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, swanker said: The good old days It makes me want to play “Soccer Boss” on my old ZX Spectrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 minute ago, TomThumb84 said: It makes me want to play “Soccer Boss” on my old ZX Spectrum Kevin Toms Football Manager surely? Remember Football Director as well. Classic stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 15 hours ago, TomThumb84 said: It makes me want to play “Soccer Boss” on my old ZX Spectrum Joey Barton still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 16 hours ago, TomThumb84 said: 1-11 with 1-11 squad numbers and in a 4-4-2, with all the players in the positions their numbers should be. Football is back. Yes was lovely to see. For us that can Remeber. But to what purpose, was there a benefit to the Burnley result ? I thought they played well in a losing fashion. But was it Dyche ? The players ? Whose idea and directive for this to happen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon79 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 18 hours ago, TomThumb84 said: It makes me want to play “Soccer Boss” on my old ZX Spectrum If you start loading it now, you can play it after lunch! Those were the days. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Whos in for a game of wembley up the park jumpers for posts an go home covered in dogyouknowwhat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 20 hours ago, TomThumb84 said: 1-11 with 1-11 squad numbers and in a 4-4-2, with all the players in the positions their numbers should be. Football is back. I was thinking about the old way on Friday night when I was trying to work out who was who and the random squad numbers. I much prefer the old way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire Red Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Also liked the return to tradition. They also have mostly British players - another plus for English football. What number did Brownhill play. Hear he may leave to be replaced by Will Hughes of Watford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSMRobin Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hampshire Red said: Also liked the return to tradition. They also have mostly British players - another plus for English football. What number did Brownhill play. Hear he may leave to be replaced by Will Hughes of Watford Number 8, same as always, its his squad number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 19 hours ago, pillred said: Yes. I suppose a further question could be is this going back to the "W M" formation (for you older ones) when 4 & 6 were "right" and "left" halves and 8 and 10 were "inside right" & "inside left"! I wonder if Josh Brownhill knows he's playing "inside right"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire Red Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 1-11 could have been the odds on Burnley winning! I know they won at Anfield last year but increasingly it seems last seasons Covid football is being forgotten by fans unless their team was promoted or relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, archie andrews said: Whos in for a game of wembley up the park jumpers for posts an go home covered in dogyouknowwhat.... Making sure the boy whose ball it is doesn't have to go in early for lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 20 hours ago, TomThumb84 said: 1-11 with 1-11 squad numbers and in a 4-4-2, with all the players in the positions their numbers should be. Football is back. 4-4-2? What’s wrong with a good old 2-3-5. Bloody modern ideas. Bet they’ve let the manufacturer sneak their logo onto the shirt too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevedon Red Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 19 hours ago, Gazred said: Kevin Toms Football Manager Available in all good app stores now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 21 hours ago, 2015 said: Love that from Burnley. Proper club Funny how perceptions differ, isn’t it! Mine of Burnley are that it’s where I’ve experienced some of the worst football violence and the worst racism at a football match. Based, admittedly, on relatively few visits. Its good to see the 1-11 line up, I agree. But it’s either a happy co-incidence that players with those squad numbers are all fit and the manager’s first choice, in his preferred formation. Or it’s a bit of a gimmick, thoroughly in tune with the modern game! I’m guessing the former. It did make me smile though that the Liverpool team included players wearing numbers 32, 66 and 67! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 20 hours ago, swanker said: Does that mean that a number 7 is a right winger and a number 9 is a centre forward? And a number 11 a left winger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 I’m sure several of you have read Inverting the Pyramid. I’m not finding it an easy read tbh. How did others find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 17 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I’m sure several of you have read Inverting the Pyramid. I’m not finding it an easy read tbh. How did others find it. Dave, I hadn't even heard let alone read the book. Had to Google. Seems the author, Jonathan Wilson, has written quite a few books based around football. Snappy title. Couldn't help but think if you wrote about your love of football you'd have to call it Inverting The Flowchart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Is number 4 a centre back or a centre mid? Centre mid for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomThumb84 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, DaveF said: Is number 4 a centre back or a centre mid? Centre mid for me. Centre-mid. Nobby Stiles type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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