Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
I wasn't referring to team tactics. I was talking about the ability to bring a football under control and pass it to a teammate who is in space ten or fifteen yards away - something the majority of City's players seemed to find extremely difficult to do for much of last season.
As I said, this is down to two reasons... a) the tactics which will make someone more likely to play a thirty yarded long pass than a 10 yard short pass, so yes the tactical referance stands and b) the league are extremely effective at pressing so will hoover up obvious 10 yard passes to our own.