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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Hello!
Nice.
Simple question.
Oh, you're right. I love the simple questions.
Yeah.
It's good.
Alright, good question.
Okay, yeah.
So, when I was...
So, actually, my position...
Do you say position?
My position.
You should know this.
You watch a lot of...
Yeah, but I've never heard his position.
It sounds a bit unnatural to me.
Where was position?
Okay.
So, we...
Okay, we sometimes say role.
Role.
What's your role?
But it doesn't mean, like, me.
Wow, that's a difficult question.
So, we have, you know, a lot of Kiji saying messy positions.
Oh, so, we...
Messy positions and role.
So, we say position.
I guess...
Yeah, positions.
Okay, okay.
And roles is good too, I guess.
Okay, so, position.
Okay.
Position.
So, my position changed as I, you know, grew up.
Okay.
When I was in a football club of elementary school, I was a midfielder.
Midfielder.
Yeah, it's like a do-everything kind of...
Okay, do-everything kind of guy?
Okay, midfielder.
Like central.
Oh, central, got it.
The central guy.
Yeah.
The center guy, okay.
Yeah, that was when I was elementary.
And then go to junior high, I went to, like, center back.
Center back.
That's like defense guy, central defense guy.
Okay, got it.
Yeah, and then...
But I also did the midfield too.
Midfield.
It's like a center.
Midfield, okay.
And then after that, I went to high school.
I did side back.
Okay, side back.
Defense.
All right.
Side.
Okay.
Also, like, attacking side guy.
Which is called what?
Striker?
Striker is like the central attacking guy, right?
Oh, okay.
And I was like...
The soldier?
Yeah, I was soldier, actually.
The soldier?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You're the attacking guy, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, like, winger.
Winger.
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
We call...
Winger.
Winger, yeah.
Like a unicorn?
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Yeah, like...
Yeah, that's what I was.
So you did a lot of positions.
Yeah.
You did a lot of stuff.
I mean, basically everywhere.
You did every one of them.
Beside goalkeeper.
Besides goalkeeper.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Do you ever want to be a goalkeeper?
Me?
Yeah.
Have you considered being a goalkeeper?
No.
No?
Why not?
Because I have...
Well, actually, I have an experience that I did goalkeeper.
Okay.
You know, real much.
But no, that...
Not your thing.
Didn't work.
Not your role.
I lost two, three goals.
Ooh.
And we lost.
Ooh.
So I don't...
Nah, nah, nah.
I didn't like it.
That hurts.
Yeah.
That hurts.
I'm not...
You know, I prefer, like, attacking role rather than, like, defensive role.
Oh, okay.
I think.
Yeah.
And goalkeeper is, like, you know, the best defensive role, right?
True, yeah.
Nah, I don't have that, like, responsibility.
I see.
Yeah, it's too heavy for me.
You know, I never understood any of the roles.
Like, can you explain to me, like, briefly what positions they have in soccer?
Okay, so it's a bit difficult, but we should make clear that positions
and roles are different.
Shit.
Yeah.
So positions are just, like, just as you're seeing.
On the screen right here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Goalkeeper.
Yeah.
Or, like, forward.
Okay.
Midfielder.
Okay.
Defense.
Yeah.
Those are the, like, the positions.
Positions.
Yeah.
Okay.
And...
Like your physical location in the field.
Yes, yes, that's right.
Okay.
So there are two more additional things.
Okay.
One is we have many type, many variety of positionings.
Okay.
Right, right.
Like 2-3-3.
That's right.
2-4-4.
That's right.
Like 8-9-10.
Well, but yeah, that's right.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
11, yes.
Like the formation, right?
Right, yes, yes.
Like, hey, the coach goes 2-1-5.
Yeah, I mean, 2-1, that doesn't...
Yeah, but yeah, that's right.
I get it, I get it, I get it.
Yes, yes, yes.
So...
It's like your army.
How you want your army to be aligned.
Yes.
Yeah, I get it.
Like 1-10-0-0.
Yeah.
So even if you say...
So it depends on the formation sometimes.
Yes.
So that's one thing.
And one more thing is in the defense...
So for example, like you have four defense players.
Like left back, center back, center back, right back.
Yes, yes, yes.
Within the four defense...
Defenses are the back.
Yes.
People with the back name in their position.
Like center back.
Center back, back.
Yes, yes.
And you have four midfielders.
Okay.
You can also call like central midfielders.
Okay.
Like right midfielders, left midfielders.
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That's more precisely.
I got it, got it, got it.
And those two are like attacking forward.
Okay.
Or you have like...
Well, center forward, of course, but like left forward, right forward.
Sure.
Yeah, that's it.
Okay.
Those are the positions.
Got it.
But like...
The role though.
Yeah.
Right?
That's different, right?
That's different.
So it's like a starting position.
When you start the game, you stand in like this.
Yes, in this position.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But if you, for example, like in a defense...
Okay.
Your opponent has ball.
Yeah.
And you have to defend.
Yeah.
Then, for example, like this right midfield guy should be here.
Should be on the back of the field.
I mean, it depends on the, you know, tacticals.
Okay.
But...
And for example, this center forward, like right center forward guy should be...
Should move to the center here.
Okay.
Go back a little bit.
Yeah.
This guy need to be here like this.
Got it.
To make it more stronger than defense formation.
Okay, okay.
So the two center forward, they realign themselves a little bit.
Got it.
So then you call him as a center forward and sometimes you can call him as an...
In Japan, you call him top star.
Okay.
But also in English, you can say shadows.
Okay.
Sometimes.
All right.
So it's very confusing.
So are you talking right now, talking about the role?
Roles, yes.
Oh, got it.
And recently, the tacticals are very evolved.
Okay.
Now you have fourth sideback.
Four sidebacks?
Fourth.
Four sidebacks.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Got it.
Which start position is here as a usual sideback.
Yeah, sideback.
But as his fourth sideback player, when he has the ball, when team has the ball,
he goes to here as a central midfielder place.
Okay, goes forward a little bit.
Yeah.
Got it.
In the central area.
And he has moved to that way, that way.
And so...
So I guess roles come in when you do a repositioning.
Yes.
Depending on the situation, like if the team has to go on offense, defense.
Depending on that, you depend on your role to guide you to wherever you need to go.
Yes, that's right.
Okay.
All right.
So if you simply say what position are you, it's okay to say just I'm a midfielder.
It's very makes sense.
But if you say midfielder, but what kind of midfielder are you?
Then you go into the role.
Yeah, role or central side or like attacking defensive.
Got it.
It depends on the formation, depends on the tacticals.
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Yeah.
So it makes more sense as a conversation.
If you want to have an interesting soccer conversation to ask for the role.
Yeah.
Right, right, right, right.
So if you meet, for example, like a professional football player and you need to interview them,
then first question should be like, what's your position?
Then they would say like, I'm a midfielder.
And that's just not interesting one.
So you should ask like, what kind of midfielder?
What's the role in your team?
And he will be very happy to answer you like, oh, my role is like this.
And this tactical like this.
And yeah.
I see.
So I guess the name of the role kind of really depends on what the strategy is.
And I guess there's different namings for all that stuff.
That's true.
So there's no fixed set of roles.
Even they sometimes call messy role or like Cancelo.
That's a player's name, Cancelo role.
That's very, you know, when some coach, trainer invent new strategy to his team,
then make new role for your like right side back.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And that, you know, spread into the world wide.
Makes sense.
People go, oh, I play right side back, Cancelo role.
Makes sense.
Even if it's not your, even if you're not Cancelo.
That's how it goes.
Makes sense.
Yeah, I get it.
So what role were you?
What was your latest role?
Okay, so what role did you enjoy the most?
Okay, let's go with that.
Thank you.
I love the shadow.
The shadow.
Yes, yes, yes.
So we have one striker.
Okay.
That's like a...
The top of the top.
Yes.
The forward, most forward guy.
Yes.
And the shadow is, we had two shadows.
Okay.
And we were like here.
Okay.
Just moving around with the striker.
Okay.
And I made a pass like through ball for the striker.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That actually like run beyond the striker and then get a ball and shoot.
I see, I see, I see.
That's like a very attacking role.
Shadow player, like move like this.
So you're kind of responsible for like the final assist.
Yes.
Yes, yes.
And like final shoot sometimes.
Final shoot sometimes.
Very attacking role.
If you have the chance.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
Also, I'm not a striker.
So you have to go back when your team is like defensive mode.
As they do also midfielder.
So you have to get back.
I see, I see.
Yeah, that's what I enjoy the most.
That sounds fun though.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
If you get into like deeper than raw things, that will be more interesting and fun to play.
More like fun to watch the game.
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Okay, I see, I see.
So what do I recommend your position, your role, right?
Wow, that's difficult.
If you had to be the coach of my team.
But I think attacking player, I think you are.
Yeah, I would go for the attacking too.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I'd say striker.
Why?
Because you love attacking, right?
Yeah, I guess.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And like it's very likely, it's similar to hunting.
Striker is very like hunter kind of.
It's not like long-term learning always and thinking always strategy.
But more like you get a ball, you get one chance.
I see.
And make it and you're a hero.
Oh, wow.
Yeah, so you.
Yeah, I would love that.
It's like a, you know, you love training like.
Right, right, right, right.
I love the Musanso Undo.
Yeah, it's like very Musanso kind of play.
Right, wow.
Once you get a ball and one goal, you'll be a hero.
I see.
And rest, you just do whatever.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
All right, I see.
Yeah.
Well, thank you.
I get to be the striker.
Yeah, yeah.
All right, let's do it.
Nice.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye.