Chelsea 2013: 4-3-2-1 – A shift away from Pragmatism
Chelsea owe a lot to the “parking the bus” formation introduced by fan favourite Roberto Di Matteo; it gave us our maiden piece of silverware in Europe’s most elite club competition. It encouraged the wingers to revert from the high-pressing style of Andre Villas-Boas to a more conservative theme. Di Matteo emphasized the importance of tracking back once […]
The False 9
It’s a position that has been used since the early 1930’s, by the Austrian “Wunderteam”, who ended up finishing 4th in the World Cup having played the formation throughout. It was Matthias Sindelar that made the ‘False 9’ position an effective way of technically gifted centre-forwards dropping deep and playing the ball out of midfield. Others that […]
What’s your memory of Lampard? #FL203
This article is really just a show and tell of your (our viewers) best memories of Lampard. I have a few memories of him, I will tell you these two that are my most fondest.. The first memory This first memory is not so much as meeting him but he is in the story so […]