What's The Future Of Football?

Seeing how the game always revolutionizes with new tactics, new possibilities, and new ways of looking at things, what do you think is the future of football?

What new tactical game plans will emerge?
What styles will die?
What will become irrelevant, and what will become the exact opposite?

Is there a kind of style you see being as the future of football, in the upcoming years?

I see professional football evolving more and more as an industry of entertainment and not as a sport, sadly.

A modern version of 3 cb systems maybe?

Ganso wrote:A modern version of 3 cb systems maybe?

Napoli.

3 CB's and 2 wing-backs who act more like wingers.

yeah was gonna say more 3-5-2 or something. fullbacks seem to be in decline

Barca and Napoli starts to use three defenders, conlusion -> fullbacks in decline...

3 CB's are nothing modern or revolutionary, just for example:

RM vs. Valencia CL final 2000


Brazil NT WC2002


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Next step is strikerless formations. I think it was Roma who tried it in the past but were unsuccessfully. Current Barca has showed more valid method for it (wingers turned into forwards and main striker into an attacking midfielder aka false 9).

If we knew not we would use that system. nobody knows, but i think we will see a much improved system and football. faster and more intelligent version of current football. plus more technology. i predict after 50 years weakest team will be as good as current barcelona

The striker less 4-6-0 formation i expect someone to perfect it.

More "central wingers"

More technology

More money

Faster games

A more globalized game, less mininows

A more homogenized style, less national distinctions

Emergence of new global football international powers like USA, Iraq, Australia and Japan.

Wish I had watched more of Mcmanaman at Real, my favourite player of all time! Interesting to see Anelka there too, and they won it.... but eventually lost out to all the other Galaticos that were signed afterwards...meh

chinomaster182 wrote:
Emergence of new global football international powers like USA, Iraq, Australia and Japan.

Interesting.

chinomaster182 wrote:

More "central wingers"

The new box to box left back?

Roma, Barcelona, Man Utd, Arsenal and even Rangers have done strikerless formations in their own way.

It wont become common place I think, because to play it you have to be aiming for 0-0 (Rangers) or you need unique players to do it.

Its been said perhaps we will see more 442's like Milan's, but with the two forwards being wingbased.

Basically all formations with the intention of overloading the midfield and still having width.

But again, I dont see this being widespread much more than it already is.

2-4-4

The_ItalianFool wrote:2-4-4

Let's give this a shot , in a future-football that has less love for defenders.

Assuming the 4 in midfield are , 2 wing backs and 2 DMF's.
What are the other 4 ?Can't really have more wingers , or more midfielders because that won't be a 2-4-4 ,at least on the field.

I thought about it and whatever combination or positions or tactical roles you give the attackin 4 , doesn't seem to fit in with the formation. Will be either too stretched , too static , too penetrable .That 2-4-4 it's a freakin exaggeration on so many levels.

Unless you have 4 box-to-box midfilders which have super human stamina and outrageously good passing and vision and another 2 Tevezs + 2 Cavanis ....no , i don't think we will see it being adopted by teams.

Blade_Runner wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:
Emergence of new global football international powers like USA, Iraq, Australia and Japan.

Interesting.

I suggest you read the EXCELLENT book "Soccernomics" for more on this subject.

http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-Australia-Turkey-Iraq-Are-Destined/dp/1568584253

The revised edition is apparently coming out soon

Saetablanca wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:

More "central wingers"

The new box to box left back?

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/12/03/introducing-the-central-winger/

The idea is players that grew up with a formation as traditional wingers and are now being asked to play centrally like a #10. According to Michael Cox and the data he uses, these players interpret the position in a different manner.

The_ItalianFool wrote:2-4-4

I recommend the great book "Inverting the pyramid" for more on this topic, basically football started out this way somewhat.

http://www.amazon.com/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/1409102041/ref=pd_sim_b_1

why not 1-2-3-4 reverse christmas tree formation?

A box to box goalkeeper!!!

Ok I get the points, the strikers who defend well, the defenders who attack well, basically everybody in the team can do everything, like everyone else in the team, lol, like identical manufactured robots

chinomaster182 wrote:

Saetablanca wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:

More "central wingers"

The new box to box left back?

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/12/03/introducing-the-central-winger/

The idea is players that grew up with a formation as traditional wingers and are now being asked to play centrally like a #10. According to Michael Cox and the data he uses, these players interpret the position in a different manner.

I see. I dont particularly like it when players do that, but you do realise that 'central' and 'winger' are complete opposites? Its an oxymoron.

Saetablanca wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:

Saetablanca wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:

More "central wingers"

The new box to box left back?

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/12/03/introducing-the-central-winger/

The idea is players that grew up with a formation as traditional wingers and are now being asked to play centrally like a #10. According to Michael Cox and the data he uses, these players interpret the position in a different manner.

I see. I dont particularly like it when players do that, but you do realise that 'central' and 'winger' are complete opposites? Its an oxymoron.

Welll i didn't exactly come up with the name... Should we name players like Silva Right/Left Creative Winger??

10/7??

Strikerless formations will be the norm. Barca did it under cruyff for a bit, Spaletti was a big pionee, we did it in the 07/08 season and Barca are doing it now. Hell I would say that madrid don't play with a rigid striker tbh. Eventually we will have defenseless formations.... 0-10-0 where everyone just plays in the MF...loool

chinomaster182 wrote:

Saetablanca wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:

Saetablanca wrote:

chinomaster182 wrote:

More "central wingers"

The new box to box left back?

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/12/03/introducing-the-central-winger/

The idea is players that grew up with a formation as traditional wingers and are now being asked to play centrally like a #10. According to Michael Cox and the data he uses, these players interpret the position in a different manner.

I see. I dont particularly like it when players do that, but you do realise that 'central' and 'winger' are complete opposites? Its an oxymoron.

Welll i didn't exactly come up with the name... Should we name players like Silva Right/Left Creative Winger??

10/7??

Attacking Midfielder?