Originally Posted by
Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I just don't get it, he slows the play down, he demonstrably makes players around him play worse, he couldn't trap a ball to save his life, his reading of the game is diabolical, his passing is inconsistent at best and he can't tackle.
Even I'm guilty of saying "oh he's been terrible lately" when no, that is his standard setting...even when he plays for Wales you can see that he slows their play down, but it's not as noticeable because Bale aside they don't have as many speed merchants in the side.
I think it's largely as much about confidence, you know he's on a bad run of form because you will see the vast majority of his passing is backwards
He has in the past scored some cracking goals, but so did Denilson