Now we go into our most crucial few games of season light in the (arguably) most
important area of the pitch.
At the top level, teams can't afford to carry one passenger, never mind three — and least of all in the most
important area of the pitch.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately for him, as he is reported as saying by The Mirror, two
of the three players that are most
important to our title challenge play in the same
area of the
pitch as he would do.
Those two things are
important because: 1) Forward passes are the most difficult passes to make, and 2) the final third
of the
pitch is usually where things are the most congested and passes are the hardest to play, so a difference
of 10 % in that
area of the
pitch leaves little to question about Hazard's passing competency while it raises several questions about Bale's competency.