I actually felt angry, sad and embarrassed just watching that. Bunch of feckin low life retards.Chelsea fans gonna Chelsea
For sure, master tacticians using the Italian descriptions like it’s common knowledge. Even «double pivot» annoys the hell out of me.
There's a question to be asked there about whether younger referees are put off because of the abuse that they receive at grassroots level, therefore not getting the experience needed to work their way up the leagues. I would certainly hate to be a referee and can't imagine too many people of a similar age to me being up for it.
Mate I don’t even know what a mezzala is!
Yeah, because that role can easily be implemented by anyone and everyone...
In short, it's basically an attacking midfielder who also tracks back and does the defensive work. In terms of tactical implementation, it's way more nuanced and requires the midfield players to have a strong understanding with each other. If you want another good example alongside City's 2 more attacking midfielders, think of Paul Pogba at Juventus.Mate I don’t even know what a mezzala is!
I think I’ve seen one pundit describe De Bruyne as one, and that’s about it.
I get that too but old referees were not old forever were they? They were young once and worked themselves up unless the PL ones were old from the start of their career?
Ah ok. To be fair it sounds like the kind of role that would suit Bruno, so maybe his suggestion wasn’t too daft after all
Every fan is a master scout as well after a quick browse of Youtube and FM's database. There can be massive debates about minutiae of the qualities of a certain player where not one single person in the conversation has actually ever seen them in a full match.
That's weird. Doesn't sound like a mezzala. That sounds like a box-to-box midfielder. Your examples are correct but only KDB at City and definitely the Pogba Juventus version.
Mezzala = CM that tend to drifts to the wing.Mate I don’t even know what a mezzala is!
I think I’ve seen one pundit describe De Bruyne as one, and that’s about it.
We can talk about this further in the relevant Bruno thread, but I think it'll take more than just giving him more defensive responsibility.Ah ok. To be fair it sounds like the kind of role that would suit Bruno, so maybe his suggestion wasn’t too daft after all
That's the more literal translation (and a more accurate description of the role), but the term gets used for any AM that has more of a defensive responsibility. I've seen players like Milinkovic-Savic described as such despite not drifting wide as often as expected.
Clear daylight between them? Give the attacker the advantage.
I agree with every single word you've written.
True, but it does feel like a lot of these current Premier League refs have hung around for a while. Maybe it won't be long before we see newer, younger and fitter refs at the top levels soon in the UK.
Yeah like it's not entirely because of the mistakes the referee's make. No referee is going to be 100 % perfect arguably even with VAR; but when mistakes are made in a physically demanding sport by human beings that dont look up to standards then those mistakes are questionable in an unnecessary way.
Don't forget how they're also all such shrewd financiers.
That'd be my pick as well. Also any sack watch/meltdown (apart from the original RAWK one)/let's laugh at thread that get bumped for what you described.
To be fair you can be fit enough to run around a pitch and still be overweight. Plenty of overweight people running marathons. But I get that they should be held to a higher standard.
American sports also involve trades between players, especially when they don't have a say on whether they want to be involved in a trade (see DeMar DeRozan's trade out of Toronto). In this case, even if clubs agree on a transfer fee, a player can still choose to not deal with the other club and continue their stay with their current team.
There's two sides to this imo.
Great minds think alike.
