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Football Hipster phrases explained : what’s ‘the low block’?

Emmett Stevenson by Emmett Stevenson
May 15, 2025
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Football is a sport that is continuously in flux. From training approaches to formations, tactics, and varieties of play, the norm even only a few years ago can look outdated in recent times.

New ideas are available, and all at once, players, managers, or even pundits are left looking like guys out of time, relics of the flat cap generation that have not moved with the modern-day game. This is why all this soccer hipster lexicography has crept into the game of overdue is so troubling. These things have a way of organizing themselves. Hell, it wasn’t that lengthy in the past that phrases like ‘target guys and ‘overlapping full-backs’ seemed like evidence of sorcery. Does that suggest that in a few years, everyone in the pub might be casually dropping phrases like ‘register,’ ‘trequartista,’ and ‘raumdeuter’ without getting rightly destroyed for being an absolute weapon? What next? Is *everybody* going to be beardy? Will all of us have the same sleeve tattoos and exhaustive know-how of the German 1/3 division? Urgh.

Sadly, the Football Scotland office isn’t immune to those laugh-vacuums, so the phrases are bandied approximately on a reasonably ordinary basis. What do they mean, although? Well, we’re going to explain all of them in a standard series starting right here with Graeme Souness’s favored – The Low Block.

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WHAT IS IT THEN?
WHY IS IT EFFECTIVE?

WHAT IS IT THEN?

The low block is a protective tactic wherein a crew defends from a high position on the pitch, meaning they restrict the amount of space the opposition has to exploit. As a result, opposing groups tend to find it tougher to attain because of the shortage of room to perform in vital pitch areas. Remember Jose Mourinho’s notorious “parking the bus” insult at Tottenham some years in the past? However, with a new technical name that lets managers and fans mention their team is doing it without admitting they may be playing football, that makes you want to poke your eyes out with a stick.

WHY IS IT EFFECTIVE?

Around seventy-five % of shots scored will come from in the field, so limiting the amount of space and time at the ball the opposition has with the ball may be a no-brainer. Give all of them what they want within the broad regions; however, as soon as they threaten your box? Give them nothing, and don’t let them acquire the ball everywhere near your goal. It’s simple and effective. Drag, yes, honking to examine, indeed it’s miles. But practical and straightforward, too.

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