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[Paul Joyce] Virgil van Dijk: Centre half admitted his standards dropped last season, but his defensive statistics are better than ever at Anfield and a new contract should now be discussed (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Minor pet peeve (very minor), but centre backs are not 'centre-halves'! A centre-half (in the old 235 formations from 100 years ago) was a midfielder while what we would now call 'centre-backs' were full-backs as they were, ya know, fully back

My crusade will not end until we stop using it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I remember in Sunday league as a young teen being asked to play out of position as a centre half, and I played the match as a defensive midfielder. I remember a couple years later looking back and wondering what the hell happened, was I stupid and misunderstood the manager’s request, and nobody bothered to correct me?