[Football] What is a false number 9?

[SockMonster]

Excuse my footballing ignorance and rather than just resorting to the web..........Garth Crooks hates them apparently. Trossard played as one on Saturday. I think i have a vague idea......Over to you NSC experts.

 

[Bakero]

It's basically an unconventional lone centre forward. Typically, it'll be a player with attributes more commonly associated with an attacking midfielder. Rather than acting as a target man, the false 9 will drop deep, thus drawing out the centre backs and creating space.

Think Cesc Fábregas for Spain, Foden for Man City or Trosssard for Brighton

 

[Swansman]

A striker who frequently drops down to midfield to participate in the game as a playmaker or carrier rather than a finisher.

Newish term, old role.

 

[Frankworthington]

If it annoys Garth Crooks i am all for them

 

[Sid in the Sharknado]

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lens]

Another piece of footballing terminology that has crept in!! My understanding, correct or not is to avoid having a striker playing in the recognised role of a traditional "No.9 " who would typically play right up against the back 4, primarily to engage the centre-backs. With the false 9, a player will drop deeper or into any number of positions meaning the Centre-backs have to decide whether to follow, leaving spaces or to stay, leaving a player unmarked creating an overload for the opposition midfield. It seems to work best with midfielders running from deep to fill the holes left by the false 9, making them more difficult to pick up. This is where it differs a little from a simple case of a No.9 dropping deep t get the ball e.g. Harry Kane. There maybe more technically accurate descriptions, but this is my basic understanding!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

False Number 9 is a product of the same muppet factory that came up with High Press

 

[Brighton & Love]

Someone playing upfront on their own.

 

[BBassic]

It's a role that's been around for years and years and years.

I don't mind the term itself personally. They're not really just a striker and they're traditionally in the #9 position. So 'false nine'.

I like it

 

[Pevenseagull]

False Number 9 is a product of the same muppet factory that came up with High Press

pivot

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

False 9 is so last year.

What you have to worry about these days are the false 3 at Chelsea (Chilwell) and false 2 at Liverpool (TAA).

 

[Brighton & Love]

False 9 is so last year.

What you have to worry about these days are the false 3 at Chelsea (Chilwell) and false 2 at Liverpool (TAA).

You're forgetting how dangerous a team can be when they've got a quarter-back pulling the strings.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Ask the gaffer

 

[Bold Seagull]

Someone playing upfront on their own.

That is surely just a 9?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Another piece of footballing terminology that has crept in!! My understanding, correct or not is to avoid having a striker playing in the recognised role of a traditional "No.9 " who would typically play right up against the back 4, primarily to engage the centre-backs. With the false 9, a player will drop deeper or into any number of positions meaning the Centre-backs have to decide whether to follow, leaving spaces or to stay, leaving a player unmarked creating an overload for the opposition midfield. It seems to work best with midfielders running from deep to fill the holes left by the false 9, making them more difficult to pick up. This is where it differs a little from a simple case of a No.9 dropping deep t get the ball e.g. Harry Kane. There maybe more technically accurate descriptions, but this is my basic understanding!!

Pretty much how I understood it. You can't call them a 10 because a 10 implies a 9 playing in front, hence the term 'false 9' has come in because actually it's basically a 10 playing without a 9 in front of them.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Isn't it an upside down Adam Virgo

 

[SockMonster]

Thanks everyone.

 

[el punal]

What is a false number 9? An upside down number 6 of course.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

It's an upside down number 6




(late again )

 

[rogersix]

It's a role that's been around for years and years and years.

I don't mind the term itself personally. They're not really just a striker and they're traditionally in the #9 position. So 'false nine'.

I like it

as do i, all these terms maybe be described as "jargon", but they all exist to keep us all reading of the same hymn sheet, and save us all some time; what's not to like?