In one of the commentaries it was suggested that Ramirez hadn't intended for the ball to specifically hit Lallana, but was more of a hit-n-hope. I think he deliberately picked Adam out. It was actually the easiest ball to play, and whatever criticism he gets, Ramirez plays head-up, so he saw what was developing.
I agree that to a large extent that "vision" is something you either have or you don't. Rodriguez will never be a creative, through-ball playing, defense-unlocking guy. He probably won't ever be able to improvise a great pass. But he doesn't have to be, as a striker. He does have some ability to improve. He is quick as well as fast, and sometimes he doesn't take full advantage of his quickness because he wants to go full-speed all the time. So, he could hesitate sometimes and draw the defender in and beat him flat-footed instead of out-pacing him. Also (and I think he has already improved on this from last season) with his pace he can afford to wait another split second on his runs so he doesn't get caught offside. You could possibly also make things simple for him by telling him to just take a quick look to his right when he gets the ball. If someone is on his left, he'll miss that guy but at least he saw some of the pitch. Or you can tell him that, like last game if he doesn't have the shot, just always play it into an area instead of a near-hopeless goal attempt. It will be up to the other players to understand that they have to keep their game simpler and run into areas instead of relying on Rodriguez to see them, but it might work.
It looks like your hope is what makes you think.....ask him and he will tell you it wAs lucky for 95%
That seems like a gross generalisation to me or complete twadddle. Seeing as you have made the assumption that it was lucky why don't you go and ask him..? Good luck finding him. Oh, I forgot, you already know the answer. It was 95% luck, if I understand you correctly.
Not according to the statistics. But let's give you some flex. Twice. Tops. Compare across the game with the other players and I would bet he's no worse than any other attacking player (in this game), in fact probably rather better.
I think Squawka says one, and Whoscored says two. Either way, yeah... nothing wrong with Ramirez's passing. One key pass that won the game, and a minimum 88% pass completion overall.
Having worked in the TV editing world, any half decent editor will keep the original resolution. You can buy software in the hundreds of pounds that won't add that much muck to a video stream. One thing I suspect they ARE doing is compressing the video too much. This has the benefit to the club of reducing their bandwidth charges but it's short sighted. Since I've found the sites like the one mentioned above I've been a step away from cancelling my account on SaintsPlayer. If enough people cancelled and told them why it'd change. Oh, and I'd like to win the lottery, please. Vin
Whilst I can't say the same, I have quite a bit of video editing experience in several formats, and yes I agree, compressing the video signal would result in a reduction in quality. But there is also no doubt that they are having to add and synchronise the audio signal, which while it does not add a huge amount to the file size, can have detrimental affects to the quality of the overall file video, during syncing and probable conversion of format. One hesitates to suggest this, but it almost smacks of someone not quite knowing what they are doing, down in the St Mary's video editing suite. While you're at it, can I win the lottery too..? I might have a bigger problem as I don't actually play it.
