Blue Sky Thinking?

[South Stand '58]

As an older supporter of the Mighty Pool, I often reminisce about the old days when I first started my obsession with Blackpool FC in the late 1950s. Talk today is about team formations, 433, 442. 4132 and so on. I wonder what would happen if a manager had the courage to turn out a team with the "normal" 50/60s line up of 2 full backs, 3 wing backs and 5 forwards? Would confusion reign?

 

[585 = never give up]

It would be like a cricket score but very entertaining .
I get confused now, when managers refer to - 'he's playing the number 10 role' (that was inside left) or 'he's also good in the number 8 role' (that was inside right .... heroic Tony Green) etc. As most managers wouldn't have been born during that 'attacking football' era, what are they referring to?

 

[Trammo]

As an older supporter of the Mighty Pool, I often reminisce about the old days when I first started my obsession with Blackpool FC in the late 1950s. Talk today is about team formations, 433, 442. 4132 and so on. I wonder what would happen if a manager had the courage to turn out a team with the "normal" 50/60s line up of 2 full backs, 3 wing backs and 5 forwards? Would confusion reign?

The old style formation worked a treat for Joe Smith for over 20 years. I heard his team talk was always " You can beat this lot today no problem." Then Morty would say " Go on Joe tell us some jokes."