Quote Originally Posted by Hilts View Post
Bannan can run forward with the ball and pass and receive it back quickly from what ive seen of him.

I cant help thinking we made him look far better than he is on Saturday.
Bannan sometimes played a as winger when he was young as I remember, so that suggests that he could run at players, but I've not seen him doing that much lately and at 31 in December, I wouldn't expect him to. Bannan makes others play by good, accurate passing which enables them to receive the ball in space - McPhail used to do that for us. I can't say I've seen many, if any, Championship central midfielders these days who would run at opponents with the ball in the middle of the park, as opposed to the wings, and go past them in the manner of, to use Rock Flock of Five's term, a ball carrier - the game isn't like that now, central midfield players, especially in deeper areas, are told to pass the ball rather than retain it and look to go past opponents, they may have to beat a pressing opponent, but then it's move the ball on.