Talk:Forward (association football)

message: The term "striker" is not synonomous with "forward" in football. A striker is a type of forward that plays as far up the field as he can, and waits on the shoulder of the last defender, waiting for a ball over the top, or a through this a ball of ball along the floor. Michael Owen is a striker, Wayne Rooney isn't. Ronaldo is, Ronaldinho isn't.
:Wrong. A striker is the same as a forward and attacker. They are synonymous. The type of player you describe is called a centre forward.  Where'd you got that description from? Mandel June 28, 2005 16:54 (UTC)
::No, you are wrong. Since when does anyone call a foward winger a striker...   Udonknome 22:29, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Right Team sheets often include players listed as strikers (or centre foward) and other players listed as Forwards. It could also be argued that a striker is an even more attacking version of a centre forward. A striker waits for oppotunities to score goals. A forward sets up other players, usually his partner (the striker). A centre forward is not the same as a forward, it is a type of forward. A more accurate version of this article would be called Forward with various types listed. e.g. inside foward, outside forward, striker or forward. josh 23:11, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wanna bet? Give me a dictionary that defines them differently. "Ronaldinho" and "striker" throws up 107,000 results.  Even BBC calls Dennis Bergkamp a striker Mandel 22:46, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  If Eto'o and Messi are the strikers, this Leaves Giuly and Ronaldinho as... non-strikers. The 107K results tell me nothing... 95% of fans would agree Ronaldinho is not a striker. He is the best footballer in the world as of October 2005, and this is an Argentine saying this... 192.115.248.2 09:25, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: An Argentinian whose English is not up to par maybe...there could be a word distinguishing the two in Spanish, unfortunately, this is the English encyclopedia; in English, the two are one and the same. UEFA calls Ronadinho a striker. Mandel 14:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually half disagree with you, in a way. These days strikers fall under two categories, number nines and number tens. Your #9 is definitely a striker, but you can't class your typical #10 as an out and out striker, because they're just as comfortable in midfield. Luis Garcia is probably the best example of a "forward" I can think of right now. It would probably be a good idea to make this distinction on the page? --Scarfo 00:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

text: The guy at the top is right, forward is not synonymous with striker. Even the article goes on to list under the headings of "Centre forward" and "Deep-lying forwards". I propose this article should be renamed to Forward (football). The infoboxes also use the two-letter abbr. FW, and the Football Manager series of games distinguishes between SC (out and out striker), FC (centre forward), FR (right forward) and FL (left forward). The latter two are not wingers by the way. -- Boothman /tɔːk/ 18:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

text: A forward does not have to be a striker. They are not one and the same thing. A forward plays in a forward role whereas the strikers main aim is to strike the ball! Cls14 12:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  What is the point of all this?  71.208.32.185 (talk) 21:05, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Forward vs. striker

message: Time for the lecture, guys!
The position of winger was born with the 1-1-8, 1-2-7 and 2-3-7 formations.
1-2-7 formation
ONE DEFENDER
- 1 full-back (center-back)
TWO MIDFIELDERS
- 2 half-backs (left wing-half and right wing-half): The play-makers.
SEVEN FORWARDS
- 2 wingers (outside left and outside right forwards): THEY WERE NEVER CONSIDERED "HALF-BACKS" (midfielders) because the played closer to the other forwards than to the half-backs. They would cross balls. A hard task as balls were heavier.
- 2 inside forwards (inside left and inside right forwards): THEY WERE THE "PASSERS". They would carry the ball and pass it to a striker.
- 3 strikers (left-center, center and right-center forwards): THEY HAD ZERO RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING PASSING. THEY HAD TO KICK AND SCORE! THEY WOULD NOT EVEN PASS THE BALL AMONG THEM!!! PLAY-MAKING WAS BLASPHEMY FOR THEM!!!
2-3-5 formation
TWO DEFENDERS
- 2 full-backs (left and right back)
THREE MIDFIELDERS
- 3 half-backs (left wing-half, center-half and right wing-half)
FIVE FORWARDS
- 2 wingers (outside left and outside right forwards): The balls were still too heavy.
- 2 inside forwards (inside left and inside right forwards)
- 1 striker (center forward): Yeah, center forwards, AT THIS TIME, did not have to pass the ball or, even worse, "create" opportunities to score!!!
2-3-5 Danubian School formation
The lone striker was re-located a few meters backwards (TO ALIGN WITH THE WINGERS) and was NOT only given the responsibility of scoring but if, possible, pass it to the inside forwards which were deployed as strikers.
WHAT WIKIPEDIA CALLS A "CENTER FORWARD" WAS BORN.
George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 23:57, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  What is the point of all this?  71.208.32.185 (talk) 21:05, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is  2019 and it is still confusing 

message: The article mixes two completely different concepts, under the inaccurate umbrella of "Deep-lying Forwards": the Playmaker ("Enganche" in Spanish) with the Second Striker ("Mediapunta").  The first role is about creativity, ball control and killer passing; while the second one is about speed, dribbling, and some goal scoring.
They should NOT be mixed in this article; which should only have the Second Striker role, not the Playmaker one (BTW, it should also have the Wing Forward role, but that would mean changing its title to the more correct "Forward").Santiago Roza (Kq) 00:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  HUGE confusion between "Playmaker" and "Second Striker" 

message: Yeah this article needs a lot of editing, the positions are not described for what they really are. They are mixing a lot of functions of different positions. Zidane and Riquelme are real PLAYMAKERS, Messi is not but he has the ability to be one. In argentina they gave him the position as a second striker  or even a number 9 but due to not receving the ball he dropped back to midfield making it seem he was a attacking midfielder. In Barcelona Messi is not a playmaker, we know who they are.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Natsunoyuutsu (talk • contribs) 16:33, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: I agree

message: I have just added several examples of what I believe to be well known players (regardless of stirker, forward, centre forward, etc); in doing so it makes this list somewhat British. I believe it needs expanding on a global scale to include others. The criteria I used to consider players was
1. They were well known for the type of role they played 
2. They had competed at the highest level (e.g. World Cups, Champions League/UEFA cup, etc.)
3. They had been top scorers or held scoring records for their respective clubs.
If this same criteria is used the list could be more comprehensive and developed in to a category, e.g. Well known strikers. 
Ianguy 23:49, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is already such a list at List of renowned football players. It is linked under See Also as List of renowned strikers. The names were split from Football (soccer) positions. I think naming one or two very, very popular players as an example of a certain playing style is fine, but anything more than that would encourage fans to add their own favourite players. And eventually you would have something like this where the list takes up more space than the main content.(Which was the main reason for the split)--Dodo bird 06:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: More players added

message: I personally haven't heard it being called that in quite a while. Seeing how the name the sheringham role probably isn't relevant anymore I think it should be removed. Yonatanh 01:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "Sheringham" role 

message: Under centre-forwards Drogba is listed twice, under poachers, and target men. I noticed after questioning whether Drogba was a target man. He does certainly not fall under the category of players that attempt to shield the ball, turn and score, at least not in the premiership, although his use of strength cannot be questioned. I just do not believe he falls under the category of target man. I shall remove Drogba fromt the list of target men, as it allows the article to contradict itself to an extent, when it states "Other centre-forwards are known as "target men" and goes to to list Drogba when he was listed under the previous type of Centre-Forward. --84.71.199.210 09:13, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Drogba does a good bit of both.  To avoid confusion, perhaps players whose style is not clearly/predominantly one of the roles listed should not be used as examples.  The examples are there to do just that - provide examples for the audience to watch and see the role being carried out.  They shouldn't be there out of an attempt to classify every famous forward in football. Thoughts? - Slow Graffiti 21:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

text: As I said, this page does not and should not seek to classify every famous forward. - Slow Graffiti 04:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drogba 

message: There is plenty of room in the article to include a section of famous strikers from different countries. Why not just have an area when the country is listed, and the names of notable strikers listed. It would avoid a lot of the edit changes and removals back and forth, and give everyone credit. Seems a better solution than constant reverts. The article is barely 20k big, there is plenty of room to accommodate everyone here.Enriquecardova (talk) 17:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Names of strikers- why not just list several from different countries rather than revert constantly?

message: Why were the examples of the different styles of strikers eliminated, the inclusion of a few notable examples is no more subjective than the very acknowledgment of these unofficial roles.  What is the purpose of this page?  If it is to help people understand the position, the examples are a massive help by letting them associate the description with a real life example, likewise it greatly helps people who would like to compare one player to somebody that is similar who they might not have know, if there is no response I will undo the changes.  I know the examples were a great help to me, and I will gladly put them back up as a great help to others.
Jbshoup Sep 2, 2008  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbshoup (talk • contribs) 02:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of Examples? 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support- This would remove the ambiguity over which positions were covered and would encompass a broader and more comprehensive range of players.--Lucy-marie (talk) 10:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: This article needs to get rid of the misnomer "deep-lying centre-forward." If you are central and forward then how on earth can you be deep-lying? The position is known as being "in-the-hole" in English. The term "d-l-c-forward" dates from the 1950s when Hungary came to Wembley and battered England 6-3 with a revolutionary new style of game, using players in positions that the English had never seen used before. Faced with these new positions the confused English press invented lots of new-fangled names, most of which were clearly inadequate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.136.70 (talk) 15:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deep-Lying?? 

message: First of all, I admit my knowledge of this sport is basically nil.
Since I think this encyclopedia is supposed to be for a "general reader", it seems to me there is too much specialized terminology used in this article.
I recognize that editors have gone to a lot of effort to explain the terminology that is used.  And with some success.  The first point where I found it unclear was here: 
:"to win long balls or receive passes and "hold up" the ball as team-mates advance, to help team-mates score by providing a pass ('through ball' into the box), or to score himself".
Whether it is possible, or worthwhile, to make the article clear to someone with my limited knowledge of the subject is another matter.  I arrived at the article by clicking "random article".  CBHA (talk) 03:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: Can i please draw peoples attention to this page: []. It gives a clear and understandable distinction between strikers and centre forwards, why cant what is on that page be copied and pasted onto this page? It appears to be accepted on that page, so why not on here? Brock 009 (talk) 12:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Because UEFA and FIFA do not make that distinction.  If an international footballing organization does not recognize that, this article will conform to that.  The Wikipedia link has no reference at all, making it dubious. 116.14.17.153 (talk) 16:42, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Striker vs Centre Forward (yet again)

message: Why the obsession with number 10? The number that most players wear nowadays are completely irrelevant to their position oj the field or their role within the team. Why do people keep insisting on referring to players as a 'number 10'? Even when the shirt numbers MEANT something the number 10 could be a midfielder or a forward.
Also, can we stop using the nonsense phrase 'Deep-Lying Centre-Forward' please? Think about the words. How can you be forward if you are deep-lying?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.82.139.180 (talk) 01:14, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number 10 and Poor Terminology 

message: Should Outside forward be merged into this article? I reckon that it isn't unique or significant enough to have an article of its own and it is just a type of forward Alza08 (talk) 04:36, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree.—indopug (talk) 13:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, provided that the any redirect points to the newly created section. —WFC— 18:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree.- PL (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: In addition to the pages of all possible positions in football, a new page should be dedicated to the false nine position. The false 9 or nine and a half is generally an attacking midfielder employed as a striker who eventually  goes deep to support midfield.
Swapnil2309 (talk) 05:10, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The false 9(New Page Request) 

message: The topic should be edited as "Forward (football)".
Because that is how the game is called by 7 billion people.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.149.217.233 (talk) 01:07, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the page 

message: "Forwards, also known as strikers"
But wingers, second strikers, inside-forwards and centre-forwards are also forwards. For example, CR7 is winger, which is also forward --82.139.5.13 (talk) 18:10, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Me about introduction 

message: What happened with Ronaldo in this ranking? He is the most expensive transfer in the history and I don't see him there. If Luis Figo or Hulk appears in the list, Ronaldo too. I hope an answer or I will edit it. Sorry for my bad English  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.221.92.184 (talk) 16:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highest fee 

message: The word is used many times but the novice is not told what it means, it is not intuitive. Rcbutcher (talk) 23:19, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: "Deep" needs explaining

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message: I propose that Inside forward be merged with Forward (association football).
This was one of the forward positions in early formations. The short article (which could easily be a paragraph in the more general article) does state that it could be equated with an attacking midfielder, but this is also true of the description for Winger and that position is part of the Forward article. No need for this separate article when all other 'types' of forward are listed in one main article.Crowsus (talk) 11:29, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment: It seems "Winger" has a section in Forward and a section in Midfielder (with the main section the Winger page is redirected to being the Midfielder section). --SuperJew (talk) 12:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment: Yeah, that's not ideal, although winger is definitely a grey area for categorisation between midfield and forward line as outlined in its text. I also spotted there is a separate article for Inverted winger, which surely should be appended to the rest of the Winger section, whichever generic positional article it has been decided to be placed in - is there any established consensus on that at WP:FOOTY? Obviously I've not been there very long and these debates have been ongoing for many years. But in terms of Inside Forward, its graphic clearly shows it as a Forward placement, and Outside-Forward (which became Winger, incidentally) is already in the Forward article so it is logical for it to go there too.Crowsus (talk) 13:20, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

text: Support: What content there is can comfortably be accommodated in the general article. It's true that, as tactics developed, the old inside forward role can be said to have developed to some extent into the modern attacking midfielder, but when they were a thing they were clearly a subset of forwards – the clue being in the name! Jellyman (talk) 17:54, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Proposal 

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message: Please stop removing the sourced information and images regarding Abby Wambach & Alex Morgan's goalscoring record for the USWNT in 2012; it is an impressive record, they have been highly successful in their field, there are reliable sources, the photo includes both players (not just one), and if anything we need more female representation in association football pages on Wikipedia. Thank you.
Best regards, Messirulez (talk) 16:15, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strike Combinations: Wambach & Morgan/Female Representation on Wikipedia Association Football Pages 

message: Is it really relevant to have this table in this article? It's not sourced, and a non–registered user keeps changing the formatting so that it doesn't conform to wiki standards, and I don't think it's relevant to an article on football forwards; if anything it could be added to the article on strikers with 500 or more goals. A user removed it but their edit was reverted. Could the page be protected?
Thanks, Messirulez (talk) 23:35, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goalscorer Table 

message: Considering Lionel Messi does not play for FC Barcelona anymore, should the caption on his image be changed or is it still accurate due to the fact that he is playing with Barcelona in that photo? Kelsiesmith7 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption change? 

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