Peter Whittingham. Not sure I've ever seen him give the ball away either.
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Does he ever give the ball away?
He's an absolute magician. I'd love to see a player of his ilk at our club one day. (Wishful thinking)
Peter Whittingham. Not sure I've ever seen him give the ball away either.
Iniesta is probably my favourite player (alongside Messi) at the moment. I've been lucky enough to see him play 3 or 4 times live and you're right he's a joy to watch.
It's interesting that Silva has gone from playing in a 10 role to playing in the Iniesta role tucked in on the left.
It will be a sad day when Iniesta retires as in my opinion there is only one Iniesta
We had McPhail who never gave the ball away but never left the centre circle.
Wes Hoolahan would've been a great signing for us years back before Norwich got in there. He always seemed like that type of player.
He was so good he didn't ever need to leave the centre circle. Been watching loads of old YouTube vids of CCFC highlights recently from the Dave Jones days, forget just how good Macca was, completely controlled the game and made it look effortless. Didn't realise how good we had it in that era and that team.
I always thought McPhail's problem wasn't at his peak here the players around him weren't good enough.
I'm not sure that's true. Look at his passing in this game for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-glIlB_dx90
Also, almost every ex-player mentions him as one of the best players they've played with, which says a lot!
Agree to a certain extent but maybe McPhail found his level with us.
As with most, put good players in amongst good players, they become better players.
You do have to earn the right to play with the best though and Silva has.
There are those who go for the comfortable ride, being a big fish in a small pond but you have to admire those who strive for better.
Examples being Shearer in the former and
Suarez being one of those that fall into the latter category.
Looking back now, one of the few positive things about our top flight season is being able to say you've seen players like aguero and Suarez in the flesh.
McPhail was a good championship mid on his day but he was not a great player, every season since he has left us people seem to up his level, was calm and picked simple passes, nothing more nothing less
Silva is IMO most consistent player in the Prem and has been since he signed for Man City. My favourite Premiership player.
Spedger
Who? Although he could have been a good continuity type player who just kept things ticking over by playing simple looking passes on to colleagues, McPhail did far more than that and he was, mentally, one of the bravest players I've seen at the club.
There are similarities with Peter Whittingham in that, if the object of the exercise is to get the best out of him, you should play two in central midfield alongside him, not one. We played 4-4-2 in virtually every match McPhail played for the club and, given the forward talent we had while he was here, you can understand why Dave Jones favoured that system so much, but, more than Whitts, I think McPhail could have been hugely influential in a 4-5-1/4-3-3.