Then how come players struggle when they move clubs, when coaches change, etc.?
how many good players did really struggle with another club ?
quality players will always remain quality and deliver at least something for the good of the team.
there is a great difference between quality players and players who look good, because the team suits them.
ronaldo, zidane, zola, roberto baggio, figo, inzaghi, seedorf to name just a few a quality players ... they did make an impact on every team they played for ...
shevchenko, odonkor, boriello, *insert spaniards in serie a* ... are not quality players, because what they might add to the team does only come out if the team suits their style.
i am not saying that we should have signed one of the above names great quality players, i just wanted to show the difference ...
i think our scouts should have been able to evaluate if some player does great things by himself (even when the team around him sucks) or if he just relies on others to help him.
in a working team even a one-legged could look like he is quality. it's always easy if you have many options to pass to when every other player is running their ass off to receive a ball. that is not difficult.
perhaps they thought that our team would work so great, that tiago would have no problems to get into the game, but as we all know, we were and are in a deeeeep crisis so you can not afford to play tiago in those games.
i find it pretty insulting finding excuses for a player that does not even run 5 km in some games (and there were many games where he was really slow and did not run much like he did not care whats going on).
i do not want to start to tell that i am playing football by myself and do manage to give 3 to 5 assits (or at least balls that enables the striker to shoot from inside of the box) even while playing for a crap team with some retards which get blasted constantly with 8-1 and something.
if you can not deliver or can only play for a team that does good by itself you are not even close to a quality player. (that does not mean that i consider myself a great player, but i don't rely on others to show something)
my personal opinion is that you have to have minimum dribbling skills in midfield for the case that nobody is free to accept a ball.
you have to at least be able to shrugg off one or two opponents to hold the ball until someone makes a run or is free.
that is also a reason why i do not rate xabi alonso that high. if the others do not run into space he can go suck his long balls. afaik isn't he able to hold the ball in midfield until someone gets free. further playing the long ball requires the play to have a certain amount of space ... space you got if you go past an "attacking" opponent, but if you can't get past an opponent and the other team does close down well you can again suck your long balls, because you're worthless in the team.
hell, even sissoko does know how to run past opponents when the midfield is to crowded to make a simple pass.
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