Summer Transfer Rumour Thread.

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From Wikipedia:

Most modern centre forwards operate behind the strikers, but do the majority of the ball handling outside the box; however, some forwards operate on the wings of the field and work their way goalward. The present role of centre forward is interchangeable with that of an attacking midfielder, especially in the 4-3-1-2 or 4-1-2-1-2 formations. A centre forward usually must be strong, to win key headers and 'outmuscle' defenders. His classic number is 9.
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So yeah, we're talking about the likes of Rooney and Tevez. Whatever you want to call Messi, he does a very different job to this description. I don't think he'd be very good at the "outmuscle" part.
 
Joe Steinberg said:
From Wikipedia:

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So yeah, we're talking about the likes of Rooney and Tevez. Whatever you want to call Messi, he does a very different job to this description. I don't think he'd be very good at the "outmuscle" part.
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You conveniently omitted the first part of the description which certainly does not describe Tevez.:

The centre forward is often a tall player, typically known as a target man
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pass the football said:
You conveniently omitted the first part of the description which certainly does not describe Tevez.:
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I omitted it because the paragraph starts by suggesting the traditional definition, and then moves onto the modern definition, which is the part I posted. Most teams don't rely on a tall centre-forward any more.

Regardless, I would still describe Tevez as a good target man despite his height.
 
You don't need to be tall to be a target man, by far the most important thing for a target man is presence. The ability to win the ball in a crowd, bring balls into your body etc. To say it's just winning headers is very much an understatement
 
Mr. Nice said:
You don't need to be tall to be a target man, by far the most important thing for a target man is presence. The ability to win the ball in a crowd, bring balls into your body etc. To say it's just winning headers is very much an understatement
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Timing and natural ability, have something to do with it.
 
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