Just like "Watch Pickford turn into Lev Yashin when we go to Goodison."
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''The media Kept going on about our trophyless run before we won the first of our recent FA cups, not a mention about it with Tottenham.''
I'm sorry to use this word, but it's fitting, they are retarded.
How can someone disagree with this?!
Winks 28/29 forward passes - 23/24 square - 12/13 backwards
Sissoko 14/17 Forward - 7/12 Square - 24/24 Backwards
Eriksen 23/33 Forward - 15/15 square - 23/23 Backwards
Maybe he thinks you're older than 36.
And how many of those forward were further than 10 yards or created a chance?
That's not what Winks is in the side to do.
He's there to recycle to ball quickly to our front 4 who do the chance creation.
Receives ball from defenders. Gives it to Eriksen or Dele or drives through himself. If they aren't available, side to side to keep the oppo midfield moving and create holes for Eriksen and Dele to drop into.
Why would he need to hit the ball further than 10 yards when that's not asked of him in the centre of midfield?
What next criticising Sissoko for not spraying the ball about like Pirlo?
So our CM is not required to have a good passing range? Well - now I’ve heard it all. LMFAO
And no - unless you’re in the change room when Poch talksyou don’t have a clue what his role is
I don’t rate his passing ability - simples
He created more chances than Eriksen and the same amount of chances as Dele and Sissoko.
12 of his 28 successful forward passes were 10 yards or further.
Hard to judge Winks' role in the team when we have no defensive midfielder there to actually cover him. He's not the greatest defensively, so retaining possession is important, especially when Eriksen is playing deeper alongside him and usually has the more expansive passing.
He does have a good passing range. See below...
LMFAO
Irrespective, I said nothing of needing a good passing range. Your textbook move. What I did, is layout his tactical instructions.
We do not play a Regista, who is needed to take the ball off the defenders and spray long balls. Do you know why? Because we have Toby Alderweireld, one of the best long range passers in the world, to do it.
Why, if Toby is already spraying long balls when necessary, would Winks also be asked to do the same 20 yards in front of him? We aren't a route one football team.
The fact you think you can only understand a player's role by hearing Poch's teamtalks just proves you have the incapability of watching and assessing football. But then, you said Modric was done at the top level not long ago, so we all knew that anyway.
What you can do, is watch the way he plays and get an idea from that. As seen in the video above, and by watching him regularly, he gets the ball and drives when there is space. If one of the creative maestros are available he gives it to them. If not, he goes back or to the side to stretch the opposition.
It's quite simple if you know what to look for.
EDIT - Watch the pass at 2:46.
YouTube clip of selected highlights - well that settles it then
All you’ve done is made paragraphs of excuses for his limited passing ability. Stop copy pasting twitter bullshit and at least develop your own opinions. You’ve just gone on record claiming a CM doesn’t need to have a good passing range - read that again slowly.
He’s still young and has the potential to improve which he might well do under Poch but right now those passing stats mean very little out of context. Someone compared him to Parker the other day - he was a deeper player but if he go on to surpass him with ease
Please provide the quote of where I said a CM doesn't need to have a good passing range.
Shouldn't be hard, there are only 4 posts in this exchange thus far.
Yes, but they are 94 minutes long.
So now he does need one?
Please decide
Unless you're now claiming he’s an amazing passer but Poch somehow intentionally suppresses that with his tactical instructions to which you seem privy as a member of the coaching staff
What is the big deal with claiming his passing range and limited but would hopefully improve with coaching anyway? Isn’t this what this forum is about - debate and discussion? Or is your twitter word the law now?
Not only did I not say a CM doesn't need a passing range (Which you've claimed and now refused to quote, wimp), I actually said that Harry Winks has one. Then provided evidence of said passing range. Just because they are highlights doesn't make the passes shown not real.
So again, I ask, please quote where I said a CM doesn't need to have a good passing range.
I'm here all day. Don't bottle it.
You’ve provided 0 evidence - just your own personal opinion nothing more. Pavlyuchenko looked like the second coming of Gerd Muller in his highlight reels - I know which player he was tho.
So is Poch intentionally asking him not to pass eventhough he’s Pirlo-like according to your clip? Which one is it? That would be very odd indeed
Yes - we all know this forum if your entire shitty life
Fortunately the video posted is not for comparison to world greats. But to showcase a single attribute of a single player, Harry Winks.
Ah! So you admit, looking at that clip his passing is Pirlo-like? So you admit he does have good passing range? You're obviously impressed to call it Pirlo-like.
Why would Poch ask him not to pass? He makes more passes than most players in the League.
It's amazing how you fool yourself every time.
Doesn't rate Harry Winks' passing range...watches a clip of Harry Winks' passing...describes it as Pirlo-like.
Banter.
Any chance of that quote, you scared?
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