That was a great pass. However, from a difficulty point of view, Trents is just at a higher level. All IMO.
What” fits the Trent profile of a pass”? Time and space to think about it and so I can get it in my right foot? Onien has done it, as smug says, with less margin for error. I’m not downplaying what TAA did at all. Fantastic pass. But onien is capable of exactly the same with either foot and in tighter situations and has done.it this and last season. I’ve seen him fade a ball to a winger more than once. And drop a ball over a full back’s head. Ok not “down the line” maybe but why is that relevant? also the “outside of the foot” is also irrelevant. It shows you can only kick with one foot. Onien would likely have used his left
That was a fantastic pass and we all know about Onions' passing ability, but some, for whatever reason, don't like to acknowledge it
If it’s the ball TAA played through for Salah in the first half, we’ve seen nothing that special from O’Nien. It was an absolute joke of a pass, scarily good
I honestly just think some don't understand it. Outside of the foot, faded from a straight line. Absolutely outrageous.
Lord. I knew it was good as someone who has played at a good level before, but that is absolutely ridiculous. You show me one pass 09 as made of that quality and I'll never post on here again.
Why would you never post just for that? I coached kids who could do that and did. As I say, it’s a great pass, but I’d say a ball landing directly at a players feet is better, this is a ball in behind, which leaves much more room for error. I’m not knocking TAA pass. It’s phenomenal. But I think a pass of 70-80 yards with either foot landing perfectly on the wingers foot is better. And more difficult. It’s an opinion.
Not many players in world football are playing that pass, the key is a player not having to check his run to get onto the pass and TAA has delivered that pass to perfection
I actually agree TAA’s technique in that pass is unreal strikes the ball perfectly to hit in the space, but it’s then become a foot race
O/9 ,s was also brilliant and no other Sunderland player hits them as often. One goes wrong and out come the knives.
Oh I agree. It’s phenomenal. Not argued that point once, but it was played into the space behind a player, not into a 2 square feet area like O’Nien free kick shown above. Great pass, but I have seen similar played before, the fade around a defender (pk not Ake, but still!). I just think the space to hit is a lot larger for a pass like that. The “perfect to run onto” is more luck than anything, as there is no way that anyone outside quantum physics (and even they would need to do a lot of calculations) would know exactly how hard to hit a ball so a player, who could be running full pace, half pace, 90% due to tiredness etc. and a pitch bounce would be perfect.
I'm not really commenting on O9s pass tbh, both class in their own right All am saying is that pass TAA has played to play it over that distance, into the space but having enough pace on it that only his teammate can get into it is harder than a switched pass into feet imo I see switched passes into feet all the time when I'm scouting players/games but very rarely see a pass like the one TAA played
Good debate regarding passing of the ball. I must admit, O’Nien has improved so much when it comes to this. It’s a great weapon to have when playing CB
Sound. You're welcome to it. .. I was probably a bit arsey as I have been at a funeral today, to someone that matters greatly to me.
I don’t get the hype over TAA pass, all it was, was a punt upfield for his mate to run onto. Outside of the foot, in my youth I used outside of foot because I was and am totally one footed.
The hype its an unreal pass that has bypassed the city defence and got Liverpool into a great position It's not just a punt upfield, that pass is meant and the spin he has put on it is just class. There is not many players in world football that would think about that, let alone be able to execute it
