Gio
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I think the phrase came in just before Pep, roughly around when everyone started playing 4-2-3-1 in the mid-2000s, and was often used to describe how the likes of Benitez and Mourinho would set up in that formation.This annoys me too.
It's like two deeper lying midfielders are a brand new concept never seen before Pep et al.
A double pivot is just two deeper lying midfielders and has been around for decades, I swear without ever being called a double pivot until Pep came along.
But aye, I'm not a massive fan of positions getting renamed, as part of a tactical analysis subculture, when there are perfectly fine terms already in use.
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