Silence

Well that’s 1 at least then :)

I’ve no idea if anyone used it today as I didn’t watch every game in the League, wouldn’t trust reporters to get the date correct, and certainly (even if I did trust them) have no intention of wasting my time looking through every lineup for every game trying to identify every player in every team to see if he is a striker.

All I am saying is that playing without a named striker is not totally unknown in modern football. Whether it was done elsewhere today I haven’t got the foggiest, and to be honest, if it had worked would have been innovative and bold.

Saved me writing exactly the same.

Teams don’t now play 4-4-2 or whatever rigidly throughout the game, despite what press lineups show.

There is far more fluidity, with players dropping in and out of roles. If there was such rigidity then managers could just sit quietly on the bench, instead of hopping round doing all sorts of finger contortions.

There is no fundamental problem with starting without a known striker – it’s called a “false 9” formation where the midfielders take it in turns through the game to act as striker, which provides the advantage of the defenders not knowing who to mark at any given play.

Our problem is that we don’t appear to have the quality of midfielders to take on that role.

So we can all move on.

He accepts he was wrong to say it, pleading guilty mitigates any penalty, grandson takes over, and the Press can move on to something else.

Players to support first 500 tickets sold

http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/wigan-athletic-players-fans-boxing-day-leeds-2137680.aspx

http://thefalse9.com/2013/11/football-tactics-for-beginnersthe-4-2-3-1.html

Would you see a Cup run now as a springboard to get a run of results going, or a distraction?