IT»S GOOD TO BE Apart from when some dullards moan that he's ineffectual, flatters to
deceive and looks lazily uninterested, Arsenal's German
playmaker doesn't so much receive rave reviews
as love letters, great drooling odes to his languid, elegant, aesthetically pleasing, creative magnificence — sorry, we're getting carried away here!
That's not so say Iturbe isn't an effective
playmaker or passer, but his efficiency is so tied up with aggression that,
as we discussed, when the match doesn't come his way, he becomes a neutral threat at best, whereas Falque makes quick, forward passes when he receives the ball, preferring to passively beat defenders via the passing game rather than
deceiving them with body feints or step overs.