http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxknwgk9_-E&feature=related
Forgetting the title for just a while, I came across this video from one of the links posted on this site. His passing has been excellent and seemingly much better than anything he showed at Liverpool. The cross for Lampard in the first leg and the chipped pass for Ramires in the second leg of the CL clashes with Genk were truly phenomenal. Any player, Xavi included, would be proud of such quality passes. If only he could receive such from his teammates(But that's a topic for some other time).
The video got me thinking though about the best passers of the ball at Chelsea and then I took it from there. I do realize we've got very few excellent passers of the ball.
So basically, who do you feel is the
Worst Crosser of the ball---------------------------------------Ramires
Best Crosser of the ball--------------------------Bertrand or Ivanovic
Worst passer of the ball(short or long) in Chelsea--Sturridge or Malouda
Best Long range Passer------------- difficult but I'll say Mata
Best short range Passer-------------------------------- Mikel or Romeu
Most likely to supply pass under pressure---------------- again Mikel
Most likely to supply defense splitting passes---------------------- Mata
Assist of the season-----Meireles to Sturridge against Sunderland
Pass of the season(not leading to a goal)-Terry to Sturridge against City
Cross of the season(not leading to a goal)---Torres to Lampard vs Genk
Thoughts?
Best Passers
posted on 10/2/12
Worst passer of the ball(short or long) in Chelsea--Sturridge or Malouda or Ramires
Best Long range Passer------------- Mata
Best short range Passer-------------------------------- Mikel(Stats prove he is)
Most likely to supply pass under pressure---------------- Mikel(for sure)
Most likely to supply defense splitting passes---------------------- Mata
Assist of the season-----Bosingwa to Malouda against West Brom
Pass of the season(not leading to a goal)- Mata to Drogba against Newcastle
Cross of the season(not leading to a goal)---Mata to Torres vs Sunderland
posted on 10/2/12
Worst Crosser of the ball---------------------------------------Bosingwa
Best Crosser of the ball--------------------------Mata
Worst passer of the ball(short or long) in Chelsea--Malouda, Sturridge has an adequeate range of passing and is fairly accurate, just doesn't do it enough!
Best Long range Passer------------- Lampard
Best short range Passer-------------------------------- Romeu
Most likely to supply pass under pressure----------------Mata
Most likely to supply defense splitting passes---------------------- Mata
Assist of the season-----Anelka to Torres
Pass of the season- Ramires to Torres vs Utd, for THAT miss.
Cross of the season(not leading to a goal)---Torres to Mata vs Man Utd
posted on 10/2/12
The Torres cross I see everyone mentioning happened to be a goal though. Now i think about it, that Ivanovic cross with the outside of his boot to Lampard against Blackburn was really impressive. Bosingwa's to Malouda wasn't half bad either. The Terry pass was the one that Sturridge eventually crossed for Meireles to score.
posted on 10/2/12
Mata is not that good at crossing or long rage passing. His short passing and pass and move is excellent though. Ivanovic is also not that good at crossing it's just that he's better than Bosingwa. Bertrand is probably the only player in our squad who can consistently put in good crosses like Baines, Valencia or Nani
posted on 10/2/12
Luiz is definately the best long passer in the team
posted on 10/2/12
Ah yes you are right BK Luiz is the best long passer in the team,disagree with your views about Mata though in regards to his crossing
posted on 10/2/12
At corners Mata is not a good crosser granted but when he is on the move with the ball he whips in very good crosses.
posted on 10/2/12
IMO
posted on 10/2/12
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posted on 11/2/12
JT is the best long range range passer I reckon
Closely followed by Luiz and Lamps