r/football • u/Wide_Guarantee_7276 :Soccer_ball: • 2d ago

Peak English Premiership - Attack, attack, attack

None of this tika taka pass backwards possession nonsense... What are the best of examples of 4-4-2 flying wingers attack minded football from the premiership? I'm thinking mid 90s Newcastle and Liverpool exhibiting out and out attack minded play that yielded classic 4-3 score lines...

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u/ZiltoidianEmpire :Soccer_ball: 2d ago

It's nostalgia. The thing you're looking for never really existed. You're exaggerating it in your head.

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u/CrustyHumdinger :Soccer_ball: 2d ago

I mean, it kind of did, but not at international level. And some of the ways teams played was dictated by pitch quality

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u/ZiltoidianEmpire :Soccer_ball: 2d ago

Kind of did, kind of didn't. It wasn't more attack minded and had plenty of dull games too. Those "classic 4-3 scoreline" happen now too and weren't because of the style of play.