The final pass

[dholliday]

Fixed mate.

made me chuckle

 

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The thing is with the final pass is it is usually pulled off by top quality players. IMO you have either got it or you havn't. Sure you can probably get a bit better at it but if you ain't got it your never gonna excell at it. It's why the likes of mata, Schneider, iniesta etc cost top top dollar.

Pienaar has never had it. He's like the best assister of assists. But that final ball off him has always been very hit and miss. Barkley has showed glimpses of being capable but needs 12/18 months before judging how good he will be at it. Mirallas lacks it also, maybe why he was a 5M player not a 15M player. However I'd also say he's more goalscoring attacker than creative midfielder. Osman very much like pienaar. Gibson could very well have it but plays a deeper role in the team, McCarthy I'm not sure yet.

Whilst we can't buy the 20M superstar players were always gonna be a little short of quality at times, it's inevitable IMO.

This post nails it. We have good players but not great players who occasionally play above themselves.

What we need is players who, whilst they may not always be the best player on the pitch, will show their quality in the key moments.

They cost good money though or we hit it rich with some youngsters.

The final third play has been poor most of this season but I cant really get too pissed off at it as we basically have youngsters or experienced but not top quality players.