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An attacking midfielder playing as the focal of the attack rather than an out and out striker. The main purpose of this is to have an extra creative player who can drop in to the midfield as required and give the opposition centre backs something different to think about. Should the centre backs choose to track the false 9, the leave space behind for the wingers to exploit. Should they choose to not track, they leave a creative attacking player with space to do damage.

Another name for an inverted full-back - a full-back who moves inside into midfield rather than staying wide. "False" because they're not playing as a traditional full-back. The term gets used interchangeably with inverted full-back, though some coaches distinguish between the two based on exactly where the player ends up (how deep, how central).

A winger who drifts inside constantly, leaving the wide area empty for the full-back to attack. Different from an inverted winger who still occupies wide areas sometimes - the false winger basically plays as an extra midfielder. The full-back provides all the width. Guardiola's used this with players like Grealish, who naturally gravitates toward the ball rather than staying wide.

Social media slang for a league that's seen as uncompetitive because one team always wins. The implication is that the league is so easy, farmers could play in it. Originally aimed at Ligue 1 during PSG's dominance, now used for any league with a clear favourite. It gets thrown around in arguments about player stats - "he only scored that many because it's a farmer's league." Dismissive and disrespectful to everyone else in that league, but very common online.

The extra stoppage time that always seemed to appear when Manchester United needed a goal under Sir Alex Ferguson (1986-2013). Whether refs actually gave United more time is debatable, but they definitely scored a lot of late winners, especially at Old Trafford. Ferguson's touchline presence and United's habit of pushing until the final whistle made it feel like the clock would never run out on them.