The Heads Up FA Cup: Robin Van Persie "its easy to look good playing deep as a midfielder...

... its when you get forward you test yourself"

Never thought of it that simply, but sitting back and picking passes ahead of you should be a pretty basic task for a decent midfielder. So why haven't we had one for so long?

I would like the title edited please to say "The Heads Up FA Cup" as it has been renamed, which I forgot, for Mental Health Awareness. Cheers mods.

You're sharp enough to delete single posts, this one's worth the moding effort.

When you got players willing to move for you it is.

That's why I don't particularly rate Leon britton he was just in a system that suited him 100%

Its also about having discipline as well and making yourself available.

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Originally Posted by mazadona10

When you got players willing to move for you it is.

That's why I don't particularly rate Leon britton he was just in a system that suited him 100%

Its also about having discipline as well and making yourself available.

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Totally.

But we haven't had one for years, yet you have people live RVP saying Ceballos looks good there but he maybe needs to test himself further forward where it is harder. Basically saying any decent player can sit back and ping balls. So why haven't we had one for years?

he's bang on the money with that statement

one of the reasons many top level midfielders have such a high pass rate . When i see stats for pass rate it would be interesting to break down the pass rates in the oppositions half not just passing side to side in your own half .

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

Totally.

But we haven't had one for years, yet you have people live RVP saying Ceballos looks good there but he maybe needs to test himself further forward where it is harder. Basically saying any decent player can sit back and ping balls. So why haven't we had one for years?

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we had whitts could ping a ball 40 yards or 14 yards with that left peg . No one in the history of our club could come anywhere close

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

I would like the title edited please to say "The Heads Up FA Cup" as it has been renamed, which I forgot, for Mental Health Awareness. Cheers mods.

You're sharp enough to delete single posts, this one's worth the moding effort.

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I missed the start did that relace black lives which is dragging on a bit and may lose its purpose if some stop ??

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

we had whitts could ping a ball 40 yards or 14 yards with that left peg . No one in the history of our club could come anywhere close

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ahem to that, I've never seen his passing and dead ball skills .

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Originally Posted by life on mars

I missed the start did that relace black lives which is dragging on a bit and may lose its purpose if some stop ??

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Don't bring your political bollocks here. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

he's bang on the money with that statement

one of the reasons many top level midfielders have such a high pass rate . When i see stats for pass rate it would be interesting to break down the pass rates in the oppositions half not just passing side to side in your own half .

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I know. But we haven't seemed to have one for a while... Which is why I made the thread.

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

we had whitts could ping a ball 40 yards or 14 yards with that left peg . No one in the history of our club could come anywhere close

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McPhail?

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

we had whitts could ping a ball 40 yards or 14 yards with that left peg . No one in the history of our club could come anywhere close

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Ivor?

What i think he's saying is that it's easier to play when you can see everything in front of you, he may have a point. Defending is certainly easier than attacking in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Ivor?

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Koumas could hit a blade of grass as well.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

McPhail?

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He was very good especially down through the channels, just think Whitts had the edge certainly from dead ball situations, penalty taking was some else.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Koumas could hit a blade of grass as well.

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Jason Fowler, another who could pick a pass.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

What i think he's saying is that it's easier to play when you can see everything in front of you, he may have a point. Defending is certainly easier than attacking in my opinion.

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He made reference to passing.