Midfield Height

[sit_down_jack]

First time posting a thread so bear with me.

Saw a fan of another Championship club on X or Twitter saying that our midfield combo will all be around 5”9 and that would be “interesting”.

Seeing as we had O’Brien, Franco and Joe Allen as a midfield in the second half of last season (with Fults for cover) I can’t see it being an issue.

In other words, does height matter?

 

[magicdaps10]

First time posting a thread so bear with me.

Saw a fan of another Championship club on X or Twitter saying that our midfield combo will all be around 5”9 and that would be “interesting”.

Seeing as we had O’Brien, Franco and Joe Allen as a midfield in the second half of last season (with Fults for cover) I can’t see it being an issue.

In other words, does height matter?

Not really given we went with a midfield of Allen,Franco and O'Brien a couple of times last season.
No worry for me.

 

[bakajack]

Considering we got promoted to the premier league with a midfield of:

Leon Britton (5ft 4in)
Joe Allen (5ft 7in)
Darren Pratley (6ft exactly)

The idea that you need a midfield of big strong units is a myth. Does it help when you have a battle to win in the middle? Of course, but bigger is never always better

 

[JackSomething]

It would have mattered in an Allardyce midfield. Perhaps trends will change and it will become important again in the future, but height in the central midfield is practically irrelevant at the moment.