Hmmm interesting choice of words that "involvement" rather than "assist" and I agree with that entirely though I am struggling to think of more than 3 and 2 of those were in one game where one was him trying to trap the ball and it bouncing off his toe in into DCL's path.
But funny we don't apply such generous terms to other players on the field too in which case perhaps Wayne and the Sig would have less of a rough time from the fans too.
Look - No-one has said he is a failure (yet) - my original objection was to him being a "class" player which he clearly isn't by any definition of the word - not even in this amazing blue-tinted, fantastical football-insight-vision some people apparently have.
As a number 10 or anywhere around the midfield he seems to have a lot of very significant disadvantages:
He cant trap the ball (thats noone elses fault)
He cant make simple passes (thats noone elses fault)
He seemingly cant read the game at all (thats noone elses fault and why he is chasing shadows)
He might see the odd magnificent pass, but he cant execute it (thats noone elses fault)
He tackles like a feather (thats noone elses fault)
So in summary, he seems incapable of getting on the ball and when he does he has done nothing with it in 99% of the cases, lets hope those "arriving late in the box" type goals start arriving .... but I think he arrives late because he is slow and just surprises everyone
He might turn into a Cahill-esque talismanic hard working hero, but by no definition of the word is there anything resembling class there! Come on!
It's true though. Would you say Baines would have the amount of assists in his "golden" days if Pienaar wasn't there?
No pace. No creativity. No goals.
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