What exactly is a false Number 9 ?

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

If it's someone who doesn't play as a traditional center forward, then surely we have 2/3/4 of those
playing every game.
If he/they are 'meant to deceive' then we sure do that, problem is we also deceive each other but rarely the
oppositions goalkeeper.
If it's playing under false pretenses, then in some cases we achieve that, .

Some other Thesaurus/Dictionary words:   Incorrect, untrue, wrong, erroneous, fallacious, flawed, distorted, inaccurate, imprecise; untruthful, fictitious, concocted, fabricated, invented, made up, trumped up, unfounded, spurious; counterfeit, forged, fraudulent. affected, artificial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, feigned, fictitious ,imitation, make-believe, phony, pretended, put-on, sham, simulated,
Take your pick.

Clandestine would be another suitable word.

Fulham 1 Brentford  0 (falsetto)
Fulham 1 Brentford  1 (false alarm)
Fulham 1 Brentford  2 (wrong)
Fulham 1 Brentford  3 (Ouch)

It's like having a cold (false Influenza) there is life beyond (a derby defeat)

[Woolly Mammoth]

I like the sound of a trumped up or a concocted number 9.

[Holders]

6 or IX ?

[The Old Count]

It's better than a real number two

[bobby01]

Fonte is a false no9

[Vinnieffc]

6 or IX ?

Ahhh Holders you beat me to that :)

[gang]

We seem to have 17 false footballers at the moment

[hovewhite]

An imposter,in fact we have team pretending to be proffesional footballers!

[grandad]

A false 9 is a player who thinks he is a real one but hasn´t a clue what to do .

[filham]

A false number nine is perhaps a striker who doesn't score in a month of Sundays, keep a close eye on our boy Fonte, he has all but done it.