http://www.footballfancast.com/premiership/the-football-quarterbacks-and-their-role-within-the-game Football Blogs, Football News & Football Podcasts Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.footballfancast.com/premiership/the-football-quarterbacks-and-their-role-within-the-game/comment-page-1#comment-252153 THFC Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:38:47 +0000 http://www.footballfancast.com/?p=190478#comment-252153 Strangely enough, your article highlights England’s deficiency of quarterback style players, but the term ‘quarterback’ was coined (in English football at least) back in 2008 by Harry Redknapp when he used it to describe Tom Huddlestone’s influence within the Spurs team. The description was so apt for Huddlestone, the ‘quarterback’ term has since come into popular use. I’m not so sure it is as fitting for the likes of Xavi Hernandez though – he might be perfectly capable of a 40 yard pass to his ‘receiver’ (as you put it) but it’s more rare than you imply. He’s more a small, clever type of player who knits play together, ghosts into positions all over the pitch & keeps possession whilst keeping the ball ticking over quickly & with precision. Huddlestone, for example, is not nearly as mobile & has the build of an actual American QB. He literally does collect the ball from defenders and ping a 40, 50, 60 yrd pass right into the stride of his “receivers”

]]> http://www.footballfancast.com/premiership/the-football-quarterbacks-and-their-role-within-the-game/comment-page-1#comment-247680 FalseDawnJunkie Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:24:24 +0000 http://www.footballfancast.com/?p=190478#comment-247680 Nothing new. Twenty five years ago Glenn Hoddle was dropping “into the pocket” to look up and pick out Peter Taylor, Garth Crooks, Steve Archibald, et al. It led to the Jasper Carrot joke of the time “Glenn Hoddle’s found God… it must have been some pass!”

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