#positional
How to fix soccer:

1. The field is too big, shrink it.

2. Too many players on the field. Limit it to two.

3. Paint the field in a black-and-white grid.

4. The ball is replaced by pure positional advantage.

5. Pawns everywhere.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
💥 The results of the defeat of the enemy's positional area of ​​the 568th anti-aircraft missile regiment in the Rayevka area of ​​the Belgorod region on December 14, 2025 were also specified - the destruction of two S-400 SAM launchers with ammunition.
December 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Russian Defense Minister Belousov will “quickly” take Donetsk Oblast — but even his own stats suggest it’ll take years, ISW says.

Moreover, Russia’s adapting for static, positional warfare — not breakthrough offensives.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/i...
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"No, it's not gag reflex! It's not vertigo! It's not blood pressure! It's not inner ear! It's only a little positional! There's not really any nausea warning signs! My current theory is it's directly triggered by waste product buildup in my brain!" "Jeeeeeeesus."
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
5/ Belousov’s comments demonstrate that Russian forces are optimizing themselves for positional warfare in Ukraine – not for the mechanized maneuver required to make rapid, large-scale gains. Belousov also sought to conceal Russia’s military manpower problems.
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
19/ "This increases the command's dependence on verification of the content of victory reports from below and highlights the structural vulnerability of the hierarchical military narrative, even in the context of a sluggish positional war."

Source:
t.me/zimovskyAL/3...
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If you're a fan of lists, then @stlcitysc.com seems to have done very well in the 2026 #SuperDraft:

1st rd pick 7th overall: Zack Lillington is the #1 overall RCB on MLSSoccer's positional breakdown. He's also the overall best playing in their holding midfield category. (1/x) #AllForCITY
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Two non-playoff teams and Portland's positional counterpart from the Eastern Conference (8th place). #RCTID
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Buffalo Bills defense needs a change in philosophy/identity + tweaks to the positional archetypes they subscribe to. Their struggles are more than just injuries and guys being banged up or out (granted that definitely hasn’t helped)
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think Justin McLean could earn some serious minutes in 2026. Definitely the SuperDraft pick to watch, especially due to the positional need he can help fill. Profiles as a number 8. #RCTID
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When the whole extended family is over for the holidays and mealtime becomes a positional free for all
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
once again, the transition to the mid-game after 15-20 minutes leads to a total loss of tactical clarity, positional insecurity, dawdling and playing ourselves into needless pressure.
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Emery changed #AVFC's positional structure and how they played because of no Pau Torres. The changes in possession were stark - yet Victor Lindelof could - and did - provide the pass Emery thought he would be missing without Pau.

Piece @theathleticfc.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Victor Lindelof is taking on the challenge of adapting to Villa’s crucial Pau Torres role
The former Man United player is a different defender to Torres, who is crucial to Emery's setup. But he adapted against West Ham
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lionel Messi in 2025. Think it's sometimes worth a reminder that, at 38, he remains one of the best players in the world, and there still aren't many better.
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
When my friend's mom passed, she called in a welfare check. I remember the cops having to get ahold of the property management and all sorts of other steps before they could go inside. She had fallen in the bathroom and hit her head. Knocked her out, and died of positional asphyxiation.
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Our actions were sudden and unexpected for the enemy, significantly reducing our losses and preventing us from becoming bogged down in positional fighting.

Assault groups of the 475th Regiment “Code 9.2” and 92nd Assault Brigade crushed enemy positions near Kindrashivka...
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
it’s nice getting to a place of transition where differentiating and politically categorizing biosexgenders are no longer useful or needed for making positional sense of one’s self in society and I am in advance feeling delighted anticipation for like 800 thousand of you getting there
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Benign positional vertigo does sure as hell not feel benign.
December 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Tbh I hope you’re right.

I had not anticipated the “drones & powerful infantry anti-tank weaponry making warfare positional & attritional” development, so who knows.
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Some ballsy positional changes here.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So much of human behavior is really a submerged conflict over scarce material resources or at least positional goods and it's wild the few times people let themselves get this mad without that impulse driving them.
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What I like about Donovan is positional flexibility. Can play 2nd or 3rd, and given where Ben, Colt, and Cole are, that's kinda huge. He's like a better Dylan Moore, but slower.
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#Habs Owen Beck on Jacob Fowler

"Been really solid and we're a confident team when he's back there. He brings a calming presence. His style of game is very relaxed, it's not overreactive and flying around. Very positional and that brings a sense of calmness to the team"

#GoHabsGo
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The article says they're optimistic he'll recover. Hopefully this isn't a long term thing like Menieres or Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

Vertigo SUCKS!! the most extreme version being a menieres attack which first time it happens you think you're having a stroke. I hate vertigo.
December 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In geography, Leazemoor revisited their learning on maps. They had to follow and use positional and directional language to find things on a map and grid. They then created their own! #hepsgeography
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM