The Evolution of football.

It seems stange to think that football coaches think but some do. With the current trend that of mass defence surely a coach somewhere will try and figure out how to work a Stan Bowles, a Peter Osgood, Matt Le Tissier onto the pitch.

That to introduce a player that can do anything with a ball, will pay enormous dividends, that to try and contain such cannot happen, because they have talent.

Unlike todays players. That like in the old days, the above could turn being behind into a draw, a draw into a win, and even being two or three behind into a win, regardless of how the rest of the team is playing.

And do it effortlessly, we had such at every level i played in.

It will mean not filtering out genius at an early stage, and not discrminate because of height, indeed, the smaller you are, the better your centre of gravity.

If we look at 442, where would such play?, the obvious place is as second striker, or central midfield.

As per the insecurities of football managers would the central midfielder be expected to defend? Here lies the crux of the dillema, can the back four compensate for a central midfielder who does his own thing?

The answer is yes, if the tactic for such is practiced in training, a back four can become a back three with someone plugging any gaps in midfield.

This can then lead to panic in the opposition, suddenly having to cope with a free radical, and can lead to the team taking the initiative which is very important.

The opposition will then have to re-organise, compounding dominance.

Not only will the opposition have to cope with a free radical, but a free radical with talent to burn. How do you mark such, the oppositions pre game tactics become ash.

Just saying like, the crushing boredom of football today can become fresh fizzy pop, like the old Corona bottled stuff, and football can become entertaining again.

And we can marvel at genius again.