Things have moved on since the days of a no 9 being a striker. I have recently been informed that a centre forward is not a striker and not generally the player most forward. I always thought back in the days when the no 9 ( centre forward)was the player expected to score the goals and is therefore a striker.Back in the day a striker was not a position on the field but generally a player anywhere along the fromt line. Can anyone clear up this matter. I apreciate that sometimes a no9 ( centre forward) can drop deeper on accation but generally up front and sometimes on his own and sometimes we play without one, false 9 ?
