Quote Originally Posted by Tigerish View Post
A lot of pundits are spouting this expression all of a sudden. Can someone tell me what it actually means? The tripe we have to listen to!
A striker who doesn't default to a position near the opposing central defenders. Basically drops into midfield positions most of the time, so in theory the central defenders are left with the headache of not knowing whether to sit back and risk being attacked by an extra midfielder, or to to go with him and open a space.

It's practically useless at our level with some of the lumps in League 1 because neither the defenders would realise it was happening, nor the attacking team would have the ability to consistently use a spare player to any meaningful advantage. Hugill would be dragged into pushing and shoving with midfielders instead of defenders, JCH would never be able to cover the yards to get back up top, and our defence would just assume the striker had been playing safe with offside.