What is a Wide Playmaker? | David Beckham's Role in Ferguson's Manchester United Explained
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- What is a wide playmaker? David Beckham's role in Sir Alex Ferguson's 1999 Manchester United Treble winning side explained. The former Man United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, LA Galaxy and PSG right winger had a fabulous career in football across Europe and in the MLS. The former England captain played as a wide playmaker in Alex Ferguson’s 4-4-2 at Man Utd.
Let’s go back to 1999 to Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble winning Manchester United side. The Red Devils won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the 1998/99 season with Fergie using his classic 4-4-2 which would often look like a 4-2-4 in attack. The midfield consisted of a winger on the left, a deep-lying playmaker and a ball-winner midfielder in central midfield in Giggs, Scholes and Keane with a wide playmaker in David Beckham on the right. United in 1999 were a direct side and looked to get the ball to their two centre forwards, mainly Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole to cause the damage in the final third. Ryan Giggs offered the direct dribbling option on the left hand side, whereas Beckham’s job in Ferguson’s first great team was to feed them. Either by dropping deep to defensive midfield or right back before hitting one of his trademark diagonal long passes, progressing the ball in central midfield into the strikers feet with 1-2s or by simply crossing the ball from the right. Getting the ball to the strikers was so key for Alex Ferguson’s system to work and Beckham played the vital link between midfield and attack. On the way to the final at the Nou Camp against Bayern Munich, Beckham was directly involved in eight of the 27 goals, but also the architect of many others. From the right wing, Beckham was the creative hub of the only team ever to have won the continental treble in English football.
David Beckham wasn’t the typical winger who’s blessed with blistering pace, physical attributes or the skill to take his man on all game. Compared to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Nani and many other wingers that have played for Manchester United over the years. This meant that his technical skills were outstanding; his first touch, passing off both feet, shooting, crossing and close control. Not renowned for fancy footwork, but rather Beckham would use his first touch to escape pressure before usually delivering the ball into the box. David Beckham gained Sir Alex’s trust to play that role through hard work and phenomenal passing ability, this complemented arguably one of the best sides in the history of football (Manchester United 98/99 treble). Sir Alex Ferguson’s midfield made up of the class of 92 in Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham and captain Roy Keane.
The closest thing to Beckham in the modern game is Kevin De Bruyne. Like Beckham, De Bruyne isn’t blessed with pace or strength but he can put a ball on a sixpence like the former England Captain could. The one area nobody stacks up to Beckham however is his set piece delivery. David Beckham has scored 15 free kicks in the Premier League, more than any other player in the competitions history. Assists from set pieces are tricky and almost come down to luck. You can deliver the best corner time and time again and the chaos in the centre can mean that the attacker can’t redirect the ball, the defender clears it or nobody gets on the end of it. In fact just 1.7% of all corners taken directly result in a goal. But Beckham would consistently deliver wicked corners and free kicks, and goals would come of them, even if the England Legend didn’t register an assist. Manchester United’s 1999 Champions League run in perfectly highlights this. In the semi final, Beckham delivered a peach right onto Roy Keane’s head to half the deficit. In the final, United scored both their goals from corners, Teddy Sheringham’s goal came from the second phase after Beckham’s menacing delivery caused chaos. Giggs put the ball back in and Sheringham finished. Solskjær’s winner came from an identical cross for Keane’s goal in Turin. Sheringham flicked it on and Solskjær finished at the back post. That season in the Champions League, just 12% of Beckham’s 8 assists came from set pieces debunking the myth that Beckham was just a set piece merchant.
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Excellent, and long-overdue, appreciation of that team's most dangerous player. I remember two quotes about Beckham. The year Man Utd won the Treble, Rivaldo, who won the Ballon d'Or ahead of Beckham in second, said of Beckham's crosses that they were 'almost like goals' as they were so accurate and hard to defend against. The other is from Arsene Wenger, who said that the English would only appreciate Beckham's qualities once he had retired. It seems it's going to take even longer, but your video will help.
Thanks buddy
Starman ..do a video on Wazza ..how de flourished even with different partners ..
Brownie Troop good shout
yea wazza
Current and future Manchester United players must watch this.
"David Beckham was a one trick pony"
- People who don't understand football
Totally agree
But what a trick!!!! Worked all those years!!!!
@Jimmy Green what do you mean?
Ya'll noobs
Definitely one trick. David Beckham uses his right foot most of the time. One trick indeed.
the thing is u can dribble past 3 or 4 players and everyone goes whoa amazing. game after game Beckham delivered 30 and 40 yard passes that took out 4 5 6 players at a time and it hardly got a mention other than good ball from Beckham.
His passing accuracy almost create 99% into a goal. Corner kick, long pass, crossing was amazing. The strikers never looks so difficult to hit the ball from his passing
Trent Alexander Arnold could be the heir to Beckham .possess same qualities wicked crossing,set piece specialist he is still young can be moulded in to a midfielder.
Can't, with Salah playing ahead of him on the right flank and being Liverpool main man.
He's a midfielder but made the choice to move to RB and honestly he's kinda like a young Beckham on the pitch
@@yooalex4173 You were absolutly wrong. Alexander Arnold is as close as it gets to David Beckham nowadays. The amount of assists from crosses he has this season is astonishing. Also in Liverpools system the wingbacks are literally the most important part and the argument of Salah being infront of him makes no sense. Salah plays as an inside forward and AA gets a lot of attacking freedom which makes him conparable to Beckham despite being a wingback. And if you don't believe me, even Dave said it briefly in a video.
@@Allschmoi Trent isn't a wing back he is a full back. There is different in there. Also Trent doesn't have the vision like most playmaker do (Beckham does) his pass is actually horrendous. Just look at the stats at opta he is the worst in Europe top 5 league. He just chugging cross after cross after cross. He play more like a traditional Winger instead of wide playmaker
@@rockzs74r he has a magnificent left foot to switch play
Wide playmakers still exist but more in the fall-back position. Dani Alves and Filipe Luis can be considered wide playmakers. I love this role as it makes full use of the half space but is pretty demanding in stamina and technical abilities.
A guy that gave his all when he put on the shirt, would slap a baby to have him in today's team
i’d slap a baby just for a laugh
@@zachetaylor8280 damn🤣
Probably the best video to describe certain aspect of Beckham game.But Beckham played numerous times as a central midfielder and was great.There is no need to imagine how he will play there in modern area.
I thought Eriksen is more of a wide playmaker than de Bruyne...
Both Eriksen and de Bruyne drift wide at times to overload to the wide space. Football isn't binary, players move around a lot on the pitch and the starting position don't always reflect where they play.
honestly, he was better than Gerrard, Scholes or Lampard. If he had stayed in England, i am positive that would be a popular opinion.
Loved that random Trippier burn
Great video! I had never even thought about the similarities between Beckham and de Bruyne but it was a great comparison!
My hero of all time!
The man i always look up to, I always want to play as a right-sided player either as midfielder or defender. There is no one can whip the ball like he does, even during his Madrid days, he whipped the ball on short crosses
Hey Statman Dave! It'd be great if you can do one on Frank Lampard, the nature of his role and why he scores many goals from midfield despite playing under many different managers. Alternatively, can do a comparison between Steven Gerrard and Lampard, especially on why many England managers insist on playing them together despite them apparently "not clicking"
I always loved his playing
Wide playmakers... *EDEN HAZARD* literally the perfect example and by far the best out and out wide playmaker in the wirld
Big Dave Except, he isn’t a wide playmaker.
Hazard belongs to the type of playmaker Dave mentioned in 4:14 of his video: a number 10 playing out wide.
Being a playmaker playing on the wing doesn’t necessarily make you a wide playmaker
Big Dave, could you do a video on Pirlo and what attributes made this adonis the best deep lying playmaker.
...or a video on Cantona and what tactical shifts occurred to make United into a title winning team?
You are the best Dave!
Great video as always! :)
Simple question, Who doesn't love David Becham?
Dave, I have a new nickname for you, StatLord Dave ;)
Statman Dave🔥🔥🔥
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Beat me to it😡😡
Hello Dave, can you do an analysis of Bruno as a DM? More like a role Calhanoglu as a roaming playmaker plays for Inter or a Kroos as a deep line playmaker.
Considering they also started as an 8 and 10 respectively.
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Shots fired bang bang 😂😂
Arguably the best player to ever play for England alongside Gazza
As I can assume, you are playing Football Manager on regular basis 😀
If Solskjaer can, they can too haha
You should do a video on Ronaldhino and his tactics and role :)
Great analysis
Thanks bro
Give David Beckham space and you'll see the opposition fall
do a video on coutinho in barcelona his role and also what his role should be and what tactics valverde is using and what works and what not
Hi Dave, could you please do a video on Ben Godfrey since United have been heavily linked with him and whether he would be a good signing for united or not. Cheers👍
David Beckham needs an ICON CARD !!
I would argue that this was Fergie's 2nd great team - the 92-95 vintage was special but didn't get a chance to showcase its talents in Europe because of the foreigner rules then
2 dislikes...
...1 a cityzen and 1 a scouser
James Kelly nah has to be 2 scousers, there aren’t any city fans
I actually liked it as a Liverpool fan. I’m here wondering whether Trent could play that beckham role because apparently he can’t quite defend
He was more a wide middle fielder rather than wide playmaker for me, as he didn’t cut inside often......ward-prowess could do a same good job if opportunities arises that he could be put to the right side wide-midfielder role
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Good video!
I can't see why that immensely skilled right foot wouldn't do wonders in today's game as well.
Overall, David still remains unrivaled in the premier league. At what he did he's the best.
think martin ødegaard could do this
graceland10 yeah thought I was the only one that. Not a lot of people realise how good Martin odegaard actually has become.
How is it possible to get Insigne THAT wrong?
How hard is it to google someone's name before 4 or the 6 sounds wrong?
Many people would say he's overrated but d say he was underrated. Would be an astonishing Regista in the modern era!
just put 2-3 strikers with proper physique and ball control , give the ball to becks , and let them rush forward
you might need an inverted winger with emphasis on dropping back a little bit and shooting from distance
With his limited ball control?
Make an analysis on Scholes please.. many thanks in advance!
Good video - good luck to you :)
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Do one on Fabio cannavaro
he was sick. Though always loved Nesta.
Beckham has superb delivery skill. If football doesn’t work out for him, he may be the best Pizza delivery guy.
Lost me when the 99 team was described as Ferguson’s first great team
Can you please create a video on Gheorghe Hagi?
Who is the modern day wide playmaker
If you could force any no.10 to become a wide playmaker right now, who would you pick? Coutinho? Ozil? James?
Coutinho already is a wide playmaker and Ozil has played there often
KDB. His crosses were good. Ozil for a false 10. Not Coutinho though. He is better in left side if we are talking about Beckham style. Ozil and KDB would be the best. Eriksen too. So Ozil on left WP. KDB and Eriksen on right WP. Those three will play well.
Non of them that good in that position.
What do he say at 1:43
Roberto Carlos blasting past him in the 2002 World Cup is why you don't have wide playmakers anymore. At least not slow ones.
amazing :D
Can Dalot be next Beckham or Figo?
Is this position similar to the role of the mezzala?
Trent alexander-arnold should play like this imo
Are you implying that Roy Keane's role in that team was 'ball winner'?!
Yes... More so than Scholes... Although of course it's a bit more nuanced
@@owenrodgers8020 Out of the two, Keane was certainly the primary ball winner. My point was more that Keane was such a fantastic all-round midfielder that such a label overlooks the creativity he brought to the team too.
I’d say Isco and Modric are very similar too becks
Not really. More like De Bruyne, Eriksen and Ward-Prowse.
was expecting u to say toni kroos not kdb
Hahaha Nope. Toni Kross is just a back passer not a forward passer.
Very similar to Koke
Dave kindly make a video of players u want in and players u want out this summer n how to get rid of Ashley Young n Matic from our team please
Sidarth Rai and which tactics you would like to see
@@amalmohamed7062 I am happy with 433 or 4231 don't like 352
Do West Ham
Do the false 9 role of Messi from the Pep Guardiola days
Modern day footballer lost the credibility of Crossing.
All crossing goes on the ground or rarely connect or stay in the air.
Modern game require more on short passes and tiki taka
just because people can be naturally fast you still can work hard to be faster. do you really think that track mainly sprints is a sport based solely off natural talent. no. they still have coaches and there are plenty of things you can do to get faster. your not just blessed with speed or not.
Yes. Red devil for life!!! Loved the vid, really excited, my football Channel so close to 100 subs😍✨
Suarez and Coutinho both scored more free kicks than Beckham in the premier league if Beckham had played in the league for the same amount of years. Quite a misleading statistic for trying to say he’s the best free kick taker in the league when he clearly isn’t.
How about Ji Sung Park?
2:02 but it has changed since he was touched up with celebrity life :((
What does smh mean
Shaking my head
@@richardnzoka5518 thanks a lot👍
Wtf do David beckham basically used to play everywhere on the pitch defensively and in attack, while creating chances from anywhere on the pitch?
Bernardo silva
Lorenzo who lmao. Can’t lie I’m gonna be real, the constant bad name pronunciations are just making your work far less credible and professional. Friends I know that watch your channel as well believe this highly, especially when comparing you to other analysts, and I’m sure they aren’t the only people. Don’t even have to care about it really but I thought it was something worth noting as constructive criticism
His Manchester United bias and those little pronouncing mistakes are what keeps him from being a next level analysts in this space. It isn't me who is saying this, but many many people believe so. His analysis isn't bad though. Not the best, but his presentation and consistency are pretty good. The animations are very good, even if at times I feel he misunderstands some teams intentions.
drubio I agree with this wholeheartedly
Theirry Henry for arsenal
sergio ramos
*Fergie’s second great team
Where's the video on how United can defeat Barca in the third leg? 😏
2nd
1st
Booooooom
at this point i dont care
trent alexander arnold is the closest to beckham but still far away from beckham's quality.
What Beckham did is what pogba is supposed to be doing.
Easily one of the most overrated footballers out there
I think become would play as an attacking mid in a 4-3-3 in today's game.
the wingers moving forward would allow him to go into a wide position when he saw fit
the iconic wide player. beautifully curled crosses and deadeye freekicks
Nobody will play that role like David Beckham again. That position is dead now.
@biller bharma Di Maria was a Mezzala not a wide playmaker
Koke sometimes plays as a wide playmaker for Atleti
Tadic
The Bizness Ziyech tho
De Bruyne?
Kinda how Pep uses De Bruyne now!!
Di Maria is also another similar type of player when played as a Left Midfielder. Even though he's more gifted with pace and dribbling ability he is similar to Beckham when played as a Left Midfielder because of his crossing ability and knack of playing an early ball from deep. Eriksen and Rakitic also often operate in similar roles. Would love to have someone like that at United, Lukaku would have been scoring goals left right and centre with that kind of supply.
Don't even try to compare Di Maria to Beckham, Beckham is classes above and his workrate alone shows this. You'd never see Di Maria covering PSGs backline or covering for Marcelo/Ramos back at Real Madrid. Di Maria was useless at United albeit played out of position. Eriksen I agree with, but Rakitic is only good due to Messi leading Barcelona
Adam Timung Di Maria is a right-footed playing on the left or so called inverted winger. Different than Becks
@@h2o4all1771 Relax mate, of course Beckham is a class above most players, I'm simply stating that Di Maria plays a similar role to that of Beckham when played as a Left Midfielder who likes to deliver early crosses deep from that half space, except he does it from the left instead of the right of midfield because he's left footed. They are similar while playing that wide midfield role while they also had other attributes which were different to each other. Doesn't matter if Di Maria was a flop at United, he was world class at Real Madrid and he is at PSG, plus he's one of the best crossers in the modern game. Also Rakitic is one of the best Midfielders in the game today and is one of the most underrated, you should watch him more often, it's really naive of you to think he's good only because of Messi, he is brilliant for Croatia aswell.
@@simajayaredevil Lol no, he's left footed and he's been playing on the left this season. He can also play on the right as an inverted winger too but I'm simply stating that he plays that wide playmaker role similar to that of Beckham when played on the left where he can deliver crosses and early balls into to box, albeit he's quicker and dribbles more while Beckham had better work rate, they performed the core role of that position similarly in the basic sense.
Adam Timung i agree to some extent, but di maria has more pace and trickery in him, makes him more of a winger instead of a playmaker. He also likes to go one-on-one against defender.
next video suggestion: enganche on bielsa tactics would be awesome
Great content! Please do a Zidane analysis!!
David Beckham was robbed of the ballon dor
Who won it?
He was competing with giants though... Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Zidane... If England had achieved anything he might have had the chance.
@@niespeludo Zidane and Ronaldo were far better than Beckham in their respective positions.
@@niespeludo I also don`t think David`s stats would have been the best any year he was playing.
@@markant9534 Exactly my point. Beckham was a legend in a time of legends, unfortunately not the best out of those.
Definitely, wide playmakers are a gift. I consider current football almost non-creative as playmakers are being replaced by pace and workrate. Physical predominance combined with simplicity and a lot of discipline on the pitch results in good decision-making overall, reducing the prevalence of mistakes (Liverpool). To have intelligence on wide positions like ManUnited with both Beckham and Giggs is rarity!
I miss that 99 team. Pure love and magic. What a time to be UTD fan that was? United forever
Sounds crazy because of his celebrity but he was an underrated football player
LordBranniganThe absolutely! People kinda drag him coz he’s a “celeb” and married posh spice. Wonderful guy (seems to be), hardworking and what a dream of a right foot 😩🙌🔥💯 Total G
The only player ever both overhyped and underrated.
Just one thing though, De Bruyne physical strength is good considering his relatively medium height. Also I think Beckham's greatest gift was his shot technique resulting in unparalleled swirl on the ball, probably the best football has ever produced!
Who is excited for treble reunion
Andrea pirlo 😍
I would say his closest resembles in modern day is James ward-prowess, Kevin de bruyne is genuine playmaker, to qualify this role, one needs to dictate tempo, beckem rarely do