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As lover of the game you shake your head when thinking on why Coutinho (Liverpool) or Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) do not play as Coutinho did today.
Those players have greatest of technical ability. They also have the greatest of one-on-one skill level. They have top tactical awareness. Why then do they not cut out the damn foolishness of popping when it is not needed? Why do they so often disregard 'use of brain'=tactical nous and engage in over indulgence on popping?
Again, review Coutinho in that last match? Superb movement and passing! Judicious use of popping. Simply brilliant when combined with his technical ability.
...then look at Sanchez in our Gunners loss? Brilliant...just as brilliant as both himself and Coutinho can be...but look at their football in their last match? Tactically...'footballically', Coutinho was BRILLIANT while Alexis was not!
Coutinho played TEAM to outstanding degree. Great movement and tons of one & two touches...bringing his TEAMMATES into the joy swifty. Alexis good
movement without the ball but he made sure he did not have to maximize on movement without the ball as lived on it. He denied his TEAMMATES optimum involvement. It was, 'look at me boys and fans'...who the hell cares if our TEAM can apply 'SUDDEN' and thus multiply our chances of goal and possible win...'just look at me on the ball am I not pretty'.
Aside: Will Coutinho not learn and grow or will he return to over indulgent sitting on the ball?
NB: My GUNNERS should have still won the game or at worst taken a point regardless of Alexis' less than sensible play. Hey, we have done so time and time in the past.
Finally, why do opposing managers so often praise Alexis' technical qualities after kicking our asses?
Could it be similar to our Jamaica wicketkeeper-batsman Renford "Pinnie" Pinnock's deliberate playing and missing of innocuous balls from a Barbados pace attack led by Wes Hall as "Pinnie" was seeing the ball as 'big as breadfruit' as he encouraged the Barbados skipper to keep it on as he stroked his way to a century (197 not out, I think it was?)
Those players have greatest of technical ability. They also have the greatest of one-on-one skill level. They have top tactical awareness. Why then do they not cut out the damn foolishness of popping when it is not needed? Why do they so often disregard 'use of brain'=tactical nous and engage in over indulgence on popping?
Again, review Coutinho in that last match? Superb movement and passing! Judicious use of popping. Simply brilliant when combined with his technical ability.
...then look at Sanchez in our Gunners loss? Brilliant...just as brilliant as both himself and Coutinho can be...but look at their football in their last match? Tactically...'footballically', Coutinho was BRILLIANT while Alexis was not!
Coutinho played TEAM to outstanding degree. Great movement and tons of one & two touches...bringing his TEAMMATES into the joy swifty. Alexis good
movement without the ball but he made sure he did not have to maximize on movement without the ball as lived on it. He denied his TEAMMATES optimum involvement. It was, 'look at me boys and fans'...who the hell cares if our TEAM can apply 'SUDDEN' and thus multiply our chances of goal and possible win...'just look at me on the ball am I not pretty'.
Aside: Will Coutinho not learn and grow or will he return to over indulgent sitting on the ball?
NB: My GUNNERS should have still won the game or at worst taken a point regardless of Alexis' less than sensible play. Hey, we have done so time and time in the past.
Finally, why do opposing managers so often praise Alexis' technical qualities after kicking our asses?
Could it be similar to our Jamaica wicketkeeper-batsman Renford "Pinnie" Pinnock's deliberate playing and missing of innocuous balls from a Barbados pace attack led by Wes Hall as "Pinnie" was seeing the ball as 'big as breadfruit' as he encouraged the Barbados skipper to keep it on as he stroked his way to a century (197 not out, I think it was?)
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