I've known quite a bit about football but this guy has just poured soooo much football knowledge into my head. I see games differently, which is better. Thanks man
These videos are really helping me. I'm looking to go into football coaching or analytics and these videos have really helped me to better understand player roles. Keep 'em coming Dave!!!🤘🏿
Quality stuff. I was actually thinking when you were talking about the history if managers would ever use that educate their own players. See what type of position they play and give them a book or link to a renowned player in that position to learn from. Again, quality video.
Dave please keeping making more videos like this linking historical tactics and how they correlate to modern day interpretations, it's much like reading inverting the pyramid!
Srsly, why the fuck are you all so deaf?! He's saying 'Sadio,' not 'Saido' - he's just using the long vowel /eɪ/ sound. Or, if you like, Say-dio rather than Sah-dio. Every goddamn video. Yeah, he might be pronouncing it incorrectly, but none of you are correcting him... correctly. Fix your complaining.
Another awesome video mr statman dave starting to understand these positions that bit more better now, i just need to get better at when watching manchester united for example yes i know were not great at the moment, but really want to get better at understanding tactics in football, and with your videos its really helping out. so keep up the great videos mate
Paul Pogba should definitely be used as a mezzala, Coutinho I think is a mezzala, Milner is kind of a mezzala mixed with a shuttler in my opinion, Nainggolan is another example and of course Iniesta in his prime was a mezzala but transitioned to a deeper role in the last few years
@@StatmanDave I know I'm late to the party but what about players like David Silva, Isco, asensio(?), or Forsberg? Depends on the tactics of the manager I guess, but still
3:22 the characteristics of modern day mezzala. hazard resembles so many of the qualities. even he starts his runs form deep, then dribbles forward or passes. after getting into the final third maybe in half space or in the wide areas he usually creates chances. he had the most chances created from open play last season in epl. the only thing he lacks is not being selfish enough but I guess he is improving in this aspect under sarri
would love hearing you talk about False 9's, Shuttlers (are those what we call 50-50?) and what happened to the classic Midfield Axe (Gattuso the prime example)? Last and not least, what makes Kante the most gifted defensive midfielder in history?
I would love to see you do a video like this on an old school sweeper. Apologies if you've already done one but I think it would be interesting to see your take on a largely obsolete position/role.
At 1:39 you've mislabeled the left sided midfield as a mezalla Destra. According to earlier in the video, destra means right. Hope that helps you fix it :)
Could you do a video on a shuttler or generally more midfielder roles and also could pogba playas a mezzala in a 4-3-3 If the inside forward in the front 3 takes up his space?
Can you please explain what role Torreira plays? Against Cardiff he seemed to play a mezzala role but in the two games before that he played a regista role and I am really confused.
Great video Statman Daddy :) . Could you make a video on how a proper false 9 plays, for example the role that messi played for barcelona and what Firmino plays for LFC is complete different. I would like to know as to is a false 9 a player in the no 10 position or is he still a no 9. I'm an aspiring football manager and your video help me learn a lot. I see the games differently. Thanks a lot :)
Thanks to Statman Dave, this is stuff I'd never heard before. However mezzala has a double 'z' and zz in Italian is pronounced either ts as in pizza (peetsa) and mozzarella (motsarella) or dz as in razzo (radzo). I think the latter is correct for mezzala
Lol.. You just made me understand how to apply it to FM! Thanks Dave! What then is the difference between a roaming playmaker and a mezzala? Also on another topic, what's the difference between a box to box midfielder and a carrilero? I get box to box midfielders go up and down the pitch length wise and a carrilero is responsible more for the width. Does that mean that the player doesn't get up and down the field as much? Thanks.
Box-to-box is a more attacking role. A carrilero or shuttler is in the side to balance the defence. E.g. Shuttler out to the wing to cover a more attacking player.
@@StatmanDave So in terms of balance, how would that work then? If you use your example in the video and have a 3 man midfield, a dlp (Depp lying playmaker), a mezzala and a carrilero, how would you cover that hole in the middle of the park? If the mezzala as you mentioned plays in between the gaps and even goes out wide to let the winger move into the middle, and the carrilero covers the more attacking winger in his side by going out wide, wouldn't there be a huge hole where the carrilero and mezzala are if they suddenly lose possession?
@@StatmanDave Furthermore, you mentioned that you think Pogba played as a mezzala at Juventus. Do you think it would be possible to implement a similar system here at Utd? Also, did we see some of Pogba's mezzala role so to speak against Burnley when he was drifting all over the place?
Can someone explain to me what is a shuttler? I never heard that role name before, is it like a Box to Box but more defensive minded?? Carrilero maybe???
Wasn't Coutinho a mezzala towards the end of his Liverpool career too? Also, great content Dave. Absolutely loving your work. Can you do one on inverted full backs? Guardiola has Mendy and Walker dropping into midfield sometimes. Would love a tactical analysis on it.
Keita is the kind of player we used to have more of in the 1990s, central midfielders who would properly go box to box and move with the ball. Watch the style played in Serie A when it was at its peak in the 90s, and you saw a lot of this. Players who'd pick up the ball and run with it, maybe a quick one-two and drive through the heart again, drawing opposiotn players out of position and creating space. It was a far more dynamic style of football that disappeared when teams started playing the 4-2-3-1 (Mourinho style) and then the tiki taka (Pep style) approach. So many teams in the 2000s were either sitting back to hit on the break with no real dynamism and not enough movement in possession, or you had teams hogging the ball for the sake of having possession, endlessly passing to draw out the opposition. I miss the old style which was far more fluid and unpredictable. Just my two cents, but I really like seeing a player like Keita in the Premier League.
You definitely should-so much individual brilliance. One of the most extreme examples of the style were Lazio around 1992/93. You had Gascoigne, Doll, and Fuser playing all over the midfield (Fuser would be on the right side of the other two usually) and all three would take off on runs from deep and draw in three or four players. Winter was considered the defensive midfielder but he'd get forward just as much and was one of the main goal threats. Cravero would play as a sweeper/libero and bring the ball out with him and the back line would push right up into the opposition half and keep them constantly squeezed. They were joint top scorers with 65 goals in 34 games but they also let in 51.
Whatever Pep calls it, his style is known to most people by that name. At City, perhaps it has evolved in some ways and it's definitely more attractive than what the Spanish national team played during their successful run. Of course, it also depends on the players-Pep's style at Bayern was a step backwards for them and never suited a squad that had just come off the treble playing more dynamic football. The Alonso experiment absolutely killed Bayern as an attractive and fluid football team, and that was definitely a Pep idea. The point I made is that the influence of that Spanish style was felt throughout European football and led to some pretty dire, aimless football in other leagues. Cruyff's Barcelona, I remember as a far more direct and fluid team with only elements of what became known as tiki-taka outside Spain, and while Pep can distance himself from the term his sides have always been more about loading up areas of the pitch and playing short passes in a way Cruyff's never were. Yeah, Sacchi's Milan were on a different level when it came to organizing a team as a unit.
Personally find Guardiola's philosophy boring, because it tends to be like you said "possession for the sake of possession." Although it has improved somewhat
Do you reckon a Mezzala would be able to play along side a regista or do you reckon there’d be too much competition to who should be carrying the ball up?
i think Dave forgot to include Coutninho as a modern day Mezzala. I am sure that is why Barcelona were so eager to sign him because he is the natural heir to Iniesta. Coutinho is more dangerous though because of his eye for a worldy long ranger.
I've known quite a bit about football but this guy has just poured soooo much football knowledge into my head. I see games differently, which is better.
Thanks man
👊👊👊
Some say Dave is the second coming of Christ himself.
Agreed. The depth is amazing.
Chicken tikka mezzala?
Lol.
ahahahahhaha i thought about the same thing as soon as i heard mezzala lol
Chicken tikka mosalah
oh jeez, he makes it sound the same isn't he??
unfortunately the guy pronounces it very badly. the italian double Z is not pronounced like that and Mezzala doesn't sounds like Masala.
Feel like I’m watching a uni lecture except I’m actually listening. Can you please do a video on Bielsa’s Leeds.
It could be on the cards.
Statman Dave that’d be an amazing video idea. If possible speak about his 3331 formation (even though I don’t think he’s using that at Leeds)! :)
Check out Tifo’s whiteboard football too
Might be the only United fan I'd listen to. Great vid mate.
As a united fan idk how u guys deal with our annoyance
@@iidir.20 it's easy, we win the league :)
@@qualityzz lol
Underrated youtuber. I love this guy
Football knowledge just went up a level. Thanks Statman Dave 💪🏾
👍👍👍
The 2-3-2-3 is like a modern 4-3-3
@@sneezylasagne8534 true tbh, but in the premier league dont you think in a false 9 the striker will get tooo isolated
@@Trossgames Firmino seems to get on just fine
thats why left wing foward and right wing foward is needed, so centre striker can drop as support to those foward wingers
Johan cruyf is a mezalq
@@Trossgames tell that to peps city of 20/21
Mezzala in italy are the two midfielders who play in a 3 players midfield next to the playmaker, for example in 433
These videos are really helping me. I'm looking to go into football coaching or analytics and these videos have really helped me to better understand player roles. Keep 'em coming Dave!!!🤘🏿
Cheers Isaac. 😋😋😋
I'm absolutely loving the contents you've been coming up with recently. Let's get this party started!!!!!
The party is definitely getting started.
Knowledgeable video.. this man understands football
This might be your best video so far.
Thanks Erik.
Quality stuff. I was actually thinking when you were talking about the history if managers would ever use that educate their own players. See what type of position they play and give them a book or link to a renowned player in that position to learn from. Again, quality video.
Would love to see a tactical video on how you would set up Valencia
Oooooo
I am in holiday atm maybe when I get back.
Absolutely love this. Cheers from America.
Dave please keeping making more videos like this linking historical tactics and how they correlate to modern day interpretations, it's much like reading inverting the pyramid!
😎😎😎 Will do.
How about what is a raumdeuter
Thomas Muller 😍😍😍
@@StatmanDave the jokester himself 😂
The ramdeuter is a play who seeks space and likes to get in behind and he's like the shadow striker but out wide.
Delle Alli is also a raumdeuter
Please for the love of god... SaDIO not saido Mane. Great vid
Naqash Liaqat I cringe every time.
Srsly, why the fuck are you all so deaf?!
He's saying 'Sadio,' not 'Saido' - he's just using the long vowel /eɪ/ sound. Or, if you like, Say-dio rather than Sah-dio.
Every goddamn video.
Yeah, he might be pronouncing it incorrectly, but none of you are correcting him... correctly.
Fix your complaining.
Dio = God in italian.
Phenomenal analysis as usual. Keep it up mate! 🙌👌
Watching Keita at RBL I felt he was more of a Box-to-Box rather than Mezzala.
Excellent video! I would be happy to make videos for all position ! That's I wanted to understand with which position can combine and which system
Video idea - This modern narrow 4-3-3 midfield explained, e.g. what is a shuttler? and what is the role of the centre forward in this specific set up
Also please something on Nglolo Kante
Amazing vid as always Dave
It's amazing how many Stats Dave can get in 1 vid . Didnt even know about this role
Nice video, Dave! Could you maybe do a tactical guide for some potential CL dark horses like Ajax, Lokomotiv, Lyon etc.?
Misha Sybrandy Ajax!!
Great video. Explains the role brilliantly 👍
Thanks Paidi
This video got me thinking of Pirlo and Kaka back with Milan, great vid mate
Love these videos
Thanks man.
So does that mean Mezzala was the terminology for (back then when Liverpool played) Coutinho on central midfield before he went to Barca?
i have a question: when Coutinho played LCM or CM for LFC was he a Mezzala?
They still haven’t announced Arsenal’s CL group.
😂😂😂
Hahahhhah
Another awesome video mr statman dave starting to understand these positions that bit more better now, i just need to get better at when watching manchester united for example yes i know were not great at the moment, but really want to get better at understanding tactics in football, and with your videos its really helping out. so keep up the great videos mate
This is a very interesting video, learnt quite a lot.
sounds a bit like Jesse Ligard at England more than United.
Jesse loves the half space.
Lingard could be world class with his playstyle and hard work, but he needs end product
@@StatmanDave Jesse lingard is essentially Mr. Linkup. Would be a great wingman for Rashford
Lingard isnt a Mezzala
Hey Can you please tell me which software do you use to create these tactical board
What is KDBs role on Manchester City
It’s definitely become that.
Roaming playmaker
Hes something between a Box to Box & a roaming playmaker
Paul Pogba should definitely be used as a mezzala, Coutinho I think is a mezzala, Milner is kind of a mezzala mixed with a shuttler in my opinion, Nainggolan is another example and of course Iniesta in his prime was a mezzala but transitioned to a deeper role in the last few years
👊👊👊 Top tactics.
Liverpool essentially play with 2 mezzalas, and a regista
Bri10 pretty much yeah
@@StatmanDave I know I'm late to the party but what about players like David Silva, Isco, asensio(?), or Forsberg? Depends on the tactics of the manager I guess, but still
Coutinho is more of an advanced playmaker
WoW this video is incredible! Thanks mate!
Cheers Bas. 😀😀😀
Is there anywhere I can see a list of players with the type of player they are (Mezzala, Regista etc)?
3:22 the characteristics of modern day mezzala. hazard resembles so many of the qualities. even he starts his runs form deep, then dribbles forward or passes. after getting into the final third maybe in half space or in the wide areas he usually creates chances. he had the most chances created from open play last season in epl. the only thing he lacks is not being selfish enough but I guess he is improving in this aspect under sarri
but he isn't a cm obviously😂
Its a role in a position. Not a way to measure a player. Mezzala meant half winger, of course Hazard resembles it a lot but he's not one.
Feel like this is a harder role to understand than regista
Let’s get this party started
would love hearing you talk about False 9's, Shuttlers (are those what we call 50-50?) and what happened to the classic Midfield Axe (Gattuso the prime example)? Last and not least, what makes Kante the most gifted defensive midfielder in history?
Plz, do a video on how to play on a 4-2-4-0
Please do a detailed tactical analysis of UCL quarter final between Barca and Roma ( 2nd leg) where Roma went for a 3 men defence and routed Barca.
You’re a tactical genius mate
I would love to see you do a video like this on an old school sweeper. Apologies if you've already done one but I think it would be interesting to see your take on a largely obsolete position/role.
You should do videos on other roles such as shuttlers and ball winning midfielders
Defo.
Statman Dave back at it again with another banger
Loved it Mr Statman
At 1:39 you've mislabeled the left sided midfield as a mezalla Destra. According to earlier in the video, destra means right. Hope that helps you fix it :)
You are absolutely treatful to watch n hear.
Luv from India.❤
Thanks buddy 👍👍
quality video i love you dave love you long time
Stop playing so much Football Manager Dave
I literally only play football manager on holiday. 😢😢😢 But I am on holiday now. FORZA MILAN.
Statman Dave Haha, I’ve got 525 hours on FM18, play it in class. Yeah, I’m a madlad
My favourite mezzala is chicken tikka :)
Could you do a video on a shuttler or generally more midfielder roles and also could pogba playas a mezzala in a 4-3-3 If the inside forward in the front 3 takes up his space?
Liam Smith funnily enough its actually what he did this season
Can you do one on other central midfield roles like shuttler and deep lying it’s really helpful to know all about these
please explain the segundo volante role.
Can you please explain what role Torreira plays? Against Cardiff he seemed to play a mezzala role but in the two games before that he played a regista role and I am really confused.
Dave could you do a video on what a destroyer is?
I always like your analyses I learned alot from you Dave
Great video Statman Daddy :) . Could you make a video on how a proper false 9 plays, for example the role that messi played for barcelona and what Firmino plays for LFC is complete different. I would like to know as to is a false 9 a player in the no 10 position or is he still a no 9.
I'm an aspiring football manager and your video help me learn a lot. I see the games differently. Thanks a lot :)
Dave, that was absolutely fantastic! 😉
Thanks man.
Great video Dave
Thanks to Statman Dave, this is stuff I'd never heard before. However mezzala has a double 'z' and zz in Italian is pronounced either ts as in pizza (peetsa) and mozzarella (motsarella) or dz as in razzo (radzo). I think the latter is correct for mezzala
Great video mate.
Just wondering what the difference if between an Advanced Playermaker and an Attacking Midfielder in the 4-2-3-1
Playmaker is more likely to create and be on the ball more. An attacking midfielder usually scores or plays the final pass in the move.
You should do a scout report on preslav borukov he’s a Bulgarian striker at wednesday academy and has looked good
Lol.. You just made me understand how to apply it to FM! Thanks Dave! What then is the difference between a roaming playmaker and a mezzala? Also on another topic, what's the difference between a box to box midfielder and a carrilero? I get box to box midfielders go up and down the pitch length wise and a carrilero is responsible more for the width. Does that mean that the player doesn't get up and down the field as much? Thanks.
Box-to-box is a more attacking role. A carrilero or shuttler is in the side to balance the defence. E.g. Shuttler out to the wing to cover a more attacking player.
@@StatmanDave So in terms of balance, how would that work then? If you use your example in the video and have a 3 man midfield, a dlp (Depp lying playmaker), a mezzala and a carrilero, how would you cover that hole in the middle of the park? If the mezzala as you mentioned plays in between the gaps and even goes out wide to let the winger move into the middle, and the carrilero covers the more attacking winger in his side by going out wide, wouldn't there be a huge hole where the carrilero and mezzala are if they suddenly lose possession?
@@StatmanDave Furthermore, you mentioned that you think Pogba played as a mezzala at Juventus. Do you think it would be possible to implement a similar system here at Utd? Also, did we see some of Pogba's mezzala role so to speak against Burnley when he was drifting all over the place?
can u do a video on all the roles in modern football, i think its really interesting...
You should analyze Kante - Jorginho - Kovacic role under Sarri's Chelsea.
We'd love a shuttler and/or destroyer tactical video!
What is a shutter (tactical video suggestion
Box to box mildfielder
Can someone explain to me what is a shuttler? I never heard that role name before, is it like a Box to Box but more defensive minded?? Carrilero maybe???
Wasn't Coutinho a mezzala towards the end of his Liverpool career too?
Also, great content Dave. Absolutely loving your work.
Can you do one on inverted full backs? Guardiola has Mendy and Walker dropping into midfield sometimes. Would love a tactical analysis on it.
Would say so. Inverted full backs 😍😍😍
Statman Dave let’s have that goddamn video! 😎👌🏼
What software are you using bro?
Great video btw👍👍
Nice video @statman dave can you do a video on "what is a hybrid left back?"
are David Silva, Modric and isco also Mezzala's? How different are their roles?
Watford are currently joint top of the league, what are the tactics behind this and do they have a shot at keeping it up to win/compete for the title.
Dave, do you think Sarri should use Fabregas as a Mazzala to utilize the creative craft of cesc and freeing up Hazard more?
Absolutely loved this
Keita is the kind of player we used to have more of in the 1990s, central midfielders who would properly go box to box and move with the ball. Watch the style played in Serie A when it was at its peak in the 90s, and you saw a lot of this. Players who'd pick up the ball and run with it, maybe a quick one-two and drive through the heart again, drawing opposiotn players out of position and creating space. It was a far more dynamic style of football that disappeared when teams started playing the 4-2-3-1 (Mourinho style) and then the tiki taka (Pep style) approach. So many teams in the 2000s were either sitting back to hit on the break with no real dynamism and not enough movement in possession, or you had teams hogging the ball for the sake of having possession, endlessly passing to draw out the opposition. I miss the old style which was far more fluid and unpredictable. Just my two cents, but I really like seeing a player like Keita in the Premier League.
Top thoughts Joe. 👍 One day I am going to go back and watch Serie A in the 90s.
You definitely should-so much individual brilliance.
One of the most extreme examples of the style were Lazio around 1992/93. You had Gascoigne, Doll, and Fuser playing all over the midfield (Fuser would be on the right side of the other two usually) and all three would take off on runs from deep and draw in three or four players. Winter was considered the defensive midfielder but he'd get forward just as much and was one of the main goal threats. Cravero would play as a sweeper/libero and bring the ball out with him and the back line would push right up into the opposition half and keep them constantly squeezed. They were joint top scorers with 65 goals in 34 games but they also let in 51.
Whatever Pep calls it, his style is known to most people by that name. At City, perhaps it has evolved in some ways and it's definitely more attractive than what the Spanish national team played during their successful run. Of course, it also depends on the players-Pep's style at Bayern was a step backwards for them and never suited a squad that had just come off the treble playing more dynamic football. The Alonso experiment absolutely killed Bayern as an attractive and fluid football team, and that was definitely a Pep idea. The point I made is that the influence of that Spanish style was felt throughout European football and led to some pretty dire, aimless football in other leagues. Cruyff's Barcelona, I remember as a far more direct and fluid team with only elements of what became known as tiki-taka outside Spain, and while Pep can distance himself from the term his sides have always been more about loading up areas of the pitch and playing short passes in a way Cruyff's never were. Yeah, Sacchi's Milan were on a different level when it came to organizing a team as a unit.
Personally find Guardiola's philosophy boring, because it tends to be like you said "possession for the sake of possession." Although it has improved somewhat
Do you reckon a Mezzala would be able to play along side a regista or do you reckon there’d be too much competition to who should be carrying the ball up?
Love the videos keep it up dave !
Great vid Dave, please do a Carillero next time 😉
That’s definitely in the hat.
What is a Trequartista? What is a Segundo Volante? and What is an Inside Forward?
Please do a similar video with the carrilero
i wish FIFA would allow you to create tactics like this , great video!
always wondered wtf a trequartista is. According to fm Welbeck is one. Do that next please. Another great video this
Think Totti. 👍
Shit! Glass shattering, mate.. Watched Naby again.. Perfect 👌
Is it just me who is completely amaze while watching his videos
What is a carrilero or a Segundo volante
Statman Dave what’s a shuttled exactly?
Plz make video on PreQuirista
i think Dave forgot to include Coutninho as a modern day Mezzala. I am sure that is why Barcelona were so eager to sign him because he is the natural heir to Iniesta. Coutinho is more dangerous though because of his eye for a worldy long ranger.
Great vid that mate.....On Pogba i thought he played with Pirlo at Juve or was that just his 1st season there?
More of a Mezzala in his last season.
On football manager i play Mahmoud Dahoud in this position does he fit it
More of these tactics pls
Fantastic Video
I thought that Utd played Fellaini as a center back dave do you agree?
Yo Dave, will you do Burnley vs United review? And maybe compare it to what happened vs Spurs.