From my last post I had wrote bout striker and today we will move to midfielder.Midfielder can be divide into few types such as play maker,defensive midfielder and winger.Let discuss all the criteria to be a play maker.A play maker briefly is the heart of attacking play.They will receive the ball and try to create space and chances as much as they can using their creativity.They are the most creative person in the field, have a very great vision,accurate passing and tireless.A player with high natural fitness which means they can keep playing at the same concentration and tempo all the time.They also should be able to read opponent game faster than everyone.With today's game played at a high tempo, pace also important.In addition to the basic criteria, a play maker also capable to blast the ball from long range into the net.Some of play maker are technically gifted so that they are be able to take advantage from set pieces.A player like Stevie G can be considered almost a perfect play maker.He is fast,strong in the air,accurate passing and equipped with powerful leg but lack of creativity.John Obi Mikel is another good example of a play maker.He is creative,hardworking,strong and a tough tackler.However he is lacking in pace.
Anyway we will for sure lacking in height compared to both players but we can eliminate the disadvantage using speed,agility and technique.Even though we were short but we can focus on speed.We can train player so that they accelerate better with pace to burst through the defence and capitalize on opponent error.Both technical and agility advantage can help us to further remove the disadvantage of being short.Looks at Deco, even though he is short, he still manage to be one of the best play maker in the world.Have a look at Diego,Werder play maker.Technically gifted to capitalize on set pieces and he has pace.After a dazzling form back in Brazil as a teenagers, he failed to shine during his first stint in Europe but back in the fray as one of the most feared midfield.Perhaps FAM realize that we need all this in our play maker.Failure to find a play maker means the teams is already losing before the match.......
to be continue
Saturday, January 3, 2009