4-4-2

The safe, unadventurous, mundane, straightforward option.

"See anything you fancy, love?"
"All this fancy dan foreign grub innit. Garcon, I'm going 4-4-2. Give us a meat feast pizza"

Uruguay's front 3

Something that looks flashy, but rarely, if ever, lives up to the expectation. Named for the triumvirate of Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi. See a team-sheet with that on and you think "tasty", but in action are often left a bit let down.

"Wayne Rooney's hair-piece is a bit Uruguay's front 3. Bet it looked ace in the catalogue, but he just looks like a mouldy potato with it on his scalp"


Expert cross from @DavidHartrick