Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 12: 4-4-1-1 meets Player Roles

I mentioned back in episode 11 that the 4-4-2C was the second most popular 4-4-2 variant and I would want to believe that today's formation took high offense to that statement... The 4-4-1-1 is a very iconic formation that causes a lot of users (in real life) to think that they basically hit a formation … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 12: 4-4-1-1 meets Player Roles →

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 13: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE PT.2 (Box to Box Roles)

(UPDATE: SUMMER 2025) The season of randomness just keeps on giving! You'd think by now that I'd have ran out of ideas for this season, but, in the spirit of the great Johan Cruyff: "Football is a never ending cycle of tactical and philosophical revolutions" (I don't even think he actually said that... 😅). In … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 13: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE PT.2 (Box to Box Roles) →

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 6: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE (INVERTED FULLBACK)

(UPDATE: WINTER 2025) Today's episode keeps up with the overall idea of complete randomness (shit, I don't even think that's a word, lol). There's continuously a bunch of new roles that are being added to the game of Soccer year by year thanks to tactical revolutionaries such as Pep Guardiola, Thomas Tuchel, Julian Nagelsmann and … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 6: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE (INVERTED FULLBACK) →

SEASON 4: PLAYER ROLES ; EPISODE 14: PLAYER ROLE (BALL WINNING MIDFIELDER)

(UPDATE: SUMMER 2025) In our previous episode, we took a look at everyone’s favorite midfield role (that is, everyone except for me. UPDATE: Sooo yeah, that's kinda changed... 😅). That’s right, the Soccermanager Experience’s favorite role in the ENTIRETY of Soccer is the 'Ball Winning Midfielder'! (UPDATE: 😶‍🌫️) An unsung hero on the pitch, the … Continue reading SEASON 4: PLAYER ROLES ; EPISODE 14: PLAYER ROLE (BALL WINNING MIDFIELDER) →