Talk:Defender (football)

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I suggest that this article is unnecessary and should be deleted, as it repeats what is covered in football (soccer) positions.

[edit] Suggested merge

All the minor positions could be merged into the four main positions. Goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers. Ideally, all four should merge back into Football (soccer) positions as the articles are not detailed enough to warrant a split. --Dodo bird 20:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I thinkthat the four major positions (goalkeeper, defender, midfield, striker) should be kept, but sub-positions (such as wingback, fullback, sweeper, etc) should be merged into defenders. GillsMan 10:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

If you do merge the pages, remember that the same terms "wingback" "fullback" and "halfback" are positions in American football and rugby too. It would be nice to keep the description general enough so that people can see the conection between the sports. If you merge the pages make sure people who travel here from rugby or american football pages don't get confused. --Alpharigel 00:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

My intention is to merge the section on association football(not the full article) and add a disambiguity link at the top of the page(e.g. For the fullback position in association football, see Defender(football)) Another alternative would be to summarise the position in a sentence and add a "main article: Defender(football)" to direct users here.--Dodo bird 06:07, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay. I did the merge for wingbacks, and fullbacks. And cut and paste some info from the Football (soccer) positions too. This article is still less detailed than Football (soccer) positions. --Dodo bird 15:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

"Antonio Cabrini and Paolo Maldini are considered the greatest full-backs in the history of Italian football." That seems a little POV to me - especially considering I would opt for Giacinto Facchetti over Paolo Maldini any day. Nicander 07:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree. It now reads: "Franz Beckenbauer, Elías Figueroa, Franco Baresi, Frank Rijkaard, are some of the best ever sweepers in football history. Paolo Montero, Marco Materazzi, Rafael Márquez and Rio Ferdinand would probably serve as the best modern-day examples". I would suggest it be changed to "Franz Beckenbauer, Elías Figueroa, Franco Baresi and Frank Rijkaard are regarded by many to be some of the best sweepers in football history". The last part isn't really relevant. Any oppositions to the idea? Mageslayer99 18:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)