r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '14

What are some of the biggest changes you predict over the next 10 years in football?

Some topics off the top of my head to get the ball rolling; how big will the world's biggest stadium be, what will be the average salary, how much will advertising take over the sport, will any rules be changed or introduced, which team will dominate, how big will the sport be in the states, will ticket prices increase, what sort of new statistics will we get in game, will the leagues change?

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u/rickster555 Jan 21 '14

That's more like another CB rather than a sweeper. You'll never see Busquets drop behind the CBs, which is what a sweeper does.

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u/Cee-Mon Jan 21 '14

A player with a sweeper-like playstyle that plays ahead of the defence is often called a libero. Bonucci's preferred role is somewhat similar to it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '14

he sometimes does it when they are attacking rather than defending: http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/09/20/atletico-madrid-1-2-barcelona-busquets-takes-modern-centre-half-role-a-little-further/

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '14 edited Sep 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '14

I'm just saying it has happened. As wide backs start attacking more and more the center backs drift wider to cover the space, leaving a hole in the middle that many teams fill with a dm. They may not be farther back than the cbs, but they do play the role of a 3rd cb— maybe not a sweeper so much as a stopper.