You would think teams would be able to stop his sweeping passes out to the left wing by now, they are just so good. The little slid through to Iwobi in the first half was beautiful too, such a good player. He will be played in the roaming role from now on .
Allan Doucoure and Jimmy lad in front. Iwobi and Richy on wings and Dom up front.
I was thinking about this. It's almost undefendable. The first thing defenders do is to move goal side, which plays right into this pass. if the defender doesn't go goal side, James beats his man. When defenders take position goal side, James has that whip on the ball and the midfield line have no chance at intercepting. Thats why he likes to start on the right, the curl on the ball moves the ball toward the goal and Lucas Digne runs on to it.
Defending teams have to pick their poison, reduce the gap between the lines to deal with this ball, so the defence moves up or the midfielders move back. If the defence moves up, James dinks it over the top. Midfielders move back James attacks the space.
This is why Carlo says James plays very simply, because James has the opposition on a string. He DOES WHAT HE WANTS.
(Also not saying its unstoppable, but I love how James plays the game.)