TECHNICAL PLAYERS ARE RARE IN MODERN FOOTBALL! RANTS REACTS TO MATT LE TISSIER WITH BEN HEATH PART 2

TECHNICAL PLAYERS ARE RARE IN MODERN FOOTBALL! RANTS REACTS TO MATT LE TISSIER WITH BEN HEATH PART 2
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[@whatagolazo]

Facts, look at Zidane, Figo, R9 was an anomaly, Totti, Batistuta, Aimar, Riquelme, Rui Costa, Bergkamp, Zola, absolute ballers

[@solo2873]

Busquets is one of the greatest DM’s of all time and he is probably one of the worst athletes I’ve ever seen. Yet nobody could ever get close to him and get the ball.

[@Silver-Spring]

What do you mean by athlete?

[@rawrostar]

football is a technical game…

[@leonhall856]

R9 was rapid in his prime and had the technical ability. We had never seen anything like it

[@wanaheda]

De Bruyne's pass completion percentage is 85%

[@mexicansavage1782]

Dosent fit his agenda unfortunately

[@johndev9286]

Pacey players not named mbappe, robben, need pirloesque delivery to thrive difference between sterling at city and chelsea.

[@ibby197]

85% this season in 4 games, in the past few seasons he averages around 81% which isn't great for someone labelled an elite 'midfielder'. Comparing that to the likes of bernardo who averages around 90% and then rodri who's around 92% the difference is significant. Toni kroos who is by far the best passer in recent years has had over 92% pass accuracy in every season for the past decade

[@johndev9286]

Good lord tough crowd

[@ibby197]

​@@JM_250 because kdb is an attacker not a midfielder. If people were to compare him to proper attackers who had g/a then fairs he's in that category but when I see man compare him to the likes of Scholes, fabregas, Vieira etc it makes no sense because his game is completely different to theirs. Especially the modric comparisons which have been popular on twitter, modric is one of the greatest 'MIDFIELDERS' of all time and throughout history, midfielders were never judged on g/a. G/a is for the attackers

[@cameronweir3009]

Nah rants your on a mad one. Those type of players like KDB are there to create and move the ball forward. They have to take chances to try and make opportunity. You can’t compare those type of players to like a Rodri or pirlo because they are more for efficiency in keeping the ball and bringing it forward. KDB is the top level of that kind of player and Bruno is an example of someone who tries to play like that but is even less efficient and consistent. Fact of the matter is KDB has been the anchor of this dominant city side for years and has contributed massively to there success. Players like bruno have contributed nowhere near the same amount. This is coming from a Utd fan😂

[@rawrostar]

Simply put KDB plays in a completely different position lmao he’s not involved in build up play his job is as you said moving the ball forward into the final third and making attacking changes

[@Prime1Wunna]

This KDB agenda stinks man… the closer players are to goal the harder it becomes to keep the ball, ofc he’s gonna lose it more as he approaches the box. Guaranteed if he just went back all the time, they’d be asking questions for someone to create. Also stop putting Bruno n kdb in the same category, because they’re miles apart from each other.

[@silverbackdp]

100% agree with you... Another pace merchant is Salah.. when his pace goes.. you will see how limited he is.

[@rawrostar]

About De Bruyne, he is an attacking midfielder, so his game will be different to Kroos, Bernardo Silva, Rodri etc. it’s more output based. That’s why I don’t like it when people call him the best midfielder or compare him to Modric, Scholes, Gerrard etc. His game is completely different and for an attacking midfielder his passing accuracy is very very good. He’s more similar to Lampard who was good at passing but his main attribute was long shots.

[@rohanshah8808]

That's why i loved players like ozil Passing was top tier level.ALONG WITH THE VISION...dude had the best pass completion rate in 2014 wc...AND MOST ASSISTS in 2010 WC and 2012 euros in the entire tournament...PASSING + VISION (NOT blindly spamming crosses) ...he was creating 4 goal scoring opportunities at arsenal almost every match..but had welbeck Walcott iwobi giroud upfront

[@GoliatBell-lm1nc]

that is why i will take vini jr over kylian on real madrid left wing because kylian doesn't have skill

[@lesedi.p.m.k]

Bruno is a stat merchant

[@rovers9585]

Rants, there's one player that comes to mind for me immediately on this topic. Tugay at Blackburn. No pace, but what a player. He was dictating the play in the Premier League in his mid 30s. He made Gerrard look silly in one game at Ewood in 2006. Tugay, a real baller. Blackburn Rovers, a real club destroyed by clowns in India. Venky's out!

[@Cslicksmusic91]

I remember tugay that volley from a corner was 🔥🔥🔥also remember when he scored against my team Arsenal in 2003 dented our title hope. he was very technical

[@8888melo]

Very underrated player

[@User-ei7eo]

Mourinho saying you keep the ball I’ll take the 3 points, it worked about 15 years ago. The game has moved on and Jose hasn’t.

[@User-ei7eo]

@darwinsantos5953 nearly winning the Europa league doesn’t put you in the top coach bracket mate.

[@User-ei7eo]

@darwinsantos5953 dude he finished sixth last season and was sacked with Roma around the same spot. You mentioned he NEARLY won 2 trophies. He hasn’t won anything at his last two clubs so he doesn’t keep winning?! His football is too outdated, he might do well in Europa or reach an efl cup final. That’s as far as it goes. He WAS great, not anymore and that’s okay.

[@User-ei7eo]

@@darwinsantos5953 no I think he would be perfect for a national team, the point I was making is done at the top of club European football. Never said anything about international managers. But fair enough didn’t realise he won something with Roma. It’s all second string trophies though.

[@RollForever88]

I’m trying to think of a player that has rapid pace and unreal technical ability. Total football. Kind of hard to be honest to come up with a name.

[@davinchristian7295]

Robinho is the only name that comes to mind

[@RollForever88]

Henry, you nailed it.

[@swen1208]

also Etoo

[@bobbypayne9843]

R9

[@joshuaabimiku7108]

Ty is giddy af

[@shemnyakeriga7778]

This lie that CR7 wasn’t technical will forever be hilarious to me.

[@jamesuk3860]

Idk about you guys but ill rather take bernado silva than kdb

[@seanscrew]

Mata good example

[@isaiahkwesiga]

that's why Bruno has to play in a 2 with rasmus up top

[@davidbowen6284]

💯 mate. This is why i was never a massive fan of Thierry Henry. He was more of a great athlete. I massively respect him but i never felt bowled over by him because of that push and run type of dribble. C.Ronaldo was in a similar vein imo. I preferred watching lesser players like Robben, Giggs, Ginola who had genuine dribbling abilities. Cast your mind back to players like Gazza, Maradona , Rui Costa dribbling with the ball. At times the ball looking like it ls out of control getting away from them but they push it past another player then another player and go on these mazy runs. Then you think about the genuine number 10s like Zola, Bergkamp, Hagi, Stoichkov, Rivaldo etc. Todays football is about playing the percentages. To squeeze the fun out of the game for results. Like a boxer who uses his defense to create his offence. Sure hes great, but hes boring. An opponent is harder to break down when they're guard is up and theyre not swinging back. You cannot land punches in-between their punches.

[@wodzekleaf]

Football died some time ago

[@thandomthembu2099]

These days center back are mid fielders 😢

[@thommy2004]

​@@yusavelli0448facts, that's why i rate keepers like alisson, courtois, ter stegen and neuer . They're amazing at shot stopping as well as with their feet . I can't stand modern goal keepers 🤦🏽

[@mophead8096]

This is why i always say the prem is killing football, and i grew up on prem and its my favourite but so many of the greatest never played here because its too pace and power reliant, now its got all the money and everyone with any potential is sat on bench earning 100k plus thinking theyve completed football. If the prem takes over even further all we'll have is about 6 decent teams in europe and a solely pace and power game. Prem fan boys need to realise the damage its causing

[@troy8613]

Another 💎!

[@TheKh65]

This argument is all over the place. How did you start talking about wingers and forwards, then end up talking about KDB and quarterbacks in NFL? Wingers and forwards have always been the positions more likely to lose possession. KDB has never been a deep lying midfielder, nor has he played as winger, so what are you trying to say? Football has changed. Le Tissier was pure talent, a one of a kind player, but he was never a winger or forward.

[@RantsNBants]

🧇🧇🧇🧇🧇

[@LastStopAhead]

Much better when you talk like this geeza when your ripping players for their looks it’s sounds salty and immature stick too your knowledge and facts broski 🙌🙌

[@akarex2k9]

These younger fans are part of the problem too, thinking that bums like bruno fernandes is world class & pogba is shit

[@OMman10]

They are collateral damage of the medias who had to twist the narrative in order to create an interest around a Messi Cristiano rivalry based on number

[@johndev9286]

Interesting argument i see why rants is a jokic fan the outlier would be a LeBron athletic but high iq i like tekky flare players myself but to not exploit a quality like speed dont know that you could necessarily fault the player. Like should i use a finesse move or just breeeze past this man? Maybe when a player ages he'll rely more on tekk if its in his locker. Rashy and Martinelli def woukd take their games to the next level if they added some more skill moves to their arsenal to take a man on

[@ericfurst6091]

Larry Bird is the greatest example. Had a body of a bus driver but dominated everybody in the playoffs bc he had the greatest bb-iq.

[@DevonJarrett-yy6il]

I would say rashford is at a age where is tech should have already been developed.

[@jibsmokestack1]

Agree about KDB. Been following man since Wolfsburg and his highlights are great but he loses the ball too much and it’s never addressed by anyone except Rants here!

[@Elcapz1]

This is why R9 is the GOAT. He had the craziest pace and had the freakish technique

[@himynameis294]

😂😂😂😂

[@jeviR9]

Exactly the greatest striker

[@J1CookedIt]

Your American football analogy is spot on, well said.

[@CL-ew7wh]

Facts! Look at ozil for example, he was one of the most technically gifted players of our generation but yet never got the respect that he deserved cause he wasnt a pace merchant who ran around like a headless chicken. Ozil is more technically gifted than KDB but everyone rates KDB more cause he scores long shots

[@Silver-Spring]

So KDB creates more and scores alot more but since he wasn't as technical he is not better? Lol

[@rawrostar]

KDB bullied Ozil in almost every encounter so clearly he’s not more technically gifted

[@rawrostar]

@@ftman461 Yes because football is more about systems now. Belgium’s system is trash and Man City’s system is really really good. De Bruyne is still a better footballer and has achieved more than Ozil. Even if you want to use the golden generation argument, remember that Belgium didn’t qualify for any tournament between World Cup 2002 and World Cup 2014, which is crazy in hindsight, but felt normal at the time. Belgium didn’t have any good players. ‘Golden generations’ must be considered in relation to the country’s historic record. You could draw a comparison between Belgium and the Denmark side of the 1980s, which featured the likes of Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjaer, Soren Lerby, Frank Arnesen and Morten Olsen. They reached the semi-finals of Euro ’84, and the second round of World Cup ’86, which is nothing spectacular, but they remain fondly remembered, in part, because of their style of play. No one looks down on them because they didn’t win anything. There’s also the fact that the players in the squad are trash. Attacking midfielders need someone good to work with. Lukaku and Haaland are two different levels. Furthermore there is much tension in the squad and bad chemistry. Roberto Martinez's questionable tactical choices, and fitness issues for key players also contributed to their severely underwhelming performance in the Qatar World Cup Ozil declined post Real Madrid which was natural as he was in a worse team but it was still a decent Arsenal side. He was just lazy and couldn’t take the PL where there’s much less time and space on the ball. He literally got outplayed and outshined by a 17 year old Cesc Fabregas who would go on to be one of the best assisters in PL history.

[@dqf9830]

Young messi was rapid absolutely rapid

[@rawrostar]

Football is a technical game…they can recruit all the pace and power merchants they want, but it’s about technical skill and speed of thought. It requires next to no equipment too. Don’t even need a gym or pitch to play. Hence why it is the best sport as it is accessible to everyone.

[@siyabulelakwedashe439]

Crazy how y’all are looking over foden as if he doesn’t tick all the boxes

[@langletprolet8378]

Mans underrating Mbappe’s tech. Watch his last game against Brest and you’ll see R9-esque tekkers

[@RantsNBants]

R9-esque!!!!! 😭🤣

[@grim-nytegrievance1848]

Messi was fast as fuck in his prime

[@kabelobrian4540]

That is why to me, Toni Kroos is the best midfielder I've ever seen. He is so press resistant, looks slow , can beat a press in just 1 simple faint, has a 90% + pass rate in every season, and controls the pace of the game like no other...He is one player I can't find a replacement for in Madrid...he is one of a kind