Coach Bain Mused: Central Dribblers, Lateral Movers, Positional Play

Courtesy of Mr. Bain's blog, I have come across three concepts that have characterised the movement of the modern central midfielder. With some elite players as examples, chances are that similar movement is seen across European leagues - the post serves as a clear definition of these movements, hopefully used as reference in future conversation when talking about the modern influential central midfielder.

For concept emphasis purposes, red highlights are myths or drawbacks in the current game, blue highlights are triggers used by central midfielders throughout a football match, and black highlights represent actions taken by the said central midfielders as a result of their trigger/blue actions.