Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
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Touchy. It's a question!

The best dribblers learn ball control and technique first. If strength and work rate were the most important, as you argued, we'd have more players hitting the gym from young instead of learning control and technique.
no not at all, i just thought the question you posed was quite patronising. but if we're going to analyse it thoroughly then its a hand in hand process that varies according to each player. they're not mutually exclusive like we're making out they are. some players need strength, others need to work on their balance. in all cases you need a contribution of both. personally i think strength is one of the most important aspects when dribbling, although less so nowadays simply because the art of dribbling has died and we're seeing teams pass their way out of situations.

and the debate intially rose from a point zimm made about tevez being 'overrated' and aguero 'far' superior, which is very dubious, especially when tevez has actually outperformed aguero to this day. but as i said, swings and roundabouts.