There is no doubt he has quality on the ball

although I suspect that most of our midfielders pass accuracy rate is in the 80% plus range this season.

The issue is whether he works hard enough off the ball or more that given that he does not work as hard off the ball as most of our other midfielders in what games and in what position we can accommodate him. In my view he;s probably more suited to home games against teams where we are going to have plenty of the ball.

He again did some good stuff on the ball on Tuesday but he also just strolled about a bit at times and he wimped out of a couple of tackles as well. Maybe the physical side will come in time.

Posted By: Jim on October 26th 2017 at 14:41:46

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Mario Vrancic (NCFC) - hoolahan, Oct 26, 14:20:32
- What does this mean tho .. (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 26, 16:09:23
  - Comparables (pass accuracy) (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 26, 16:37:58
    - Cheers Jim .. so basically he isn’t as good as the others (n/m) (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 26, 20:00:22
    - In fairness the likes of Wes and Vrancic probably attempt more difficult passes (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 26, 16:42:22
- A bit like Surman but not quite as acomplished? (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 26, 14:47:08
  - I was going to say Surman. Shame so few of our fans could see the quality that he had. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Oct 26, 14:52:04
    - When he was here most comments were along the lines if (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 26, 15:37:08
      - The word "lightweight" was bandied about a good deal. (NCFC) - APB, Oct 26, 17:32:39
      - Don't recall an issue with Surman's work rate. his one weakness was lack of pace (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 26, 15:45:13
        
        Yep. Pretty sure Surman actually regularly came top of the KLM’s covered in a game. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 26, 16:48:42
        
        I don't remember him being that good in the air... (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 26, 17:31:38
        
        kms... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 26, 16:50:53
        
        There was a lot of complaining that he only passes sideways if I recall correctly (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 26, 16:33:22
- There is no doubt he has quality on the ball (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 26, 14:41:46
  - Surman fitted very well when we played diamond midfield, not in 442 (n/m) (NCFC) - Gazzaman, Oct 26, 17:04:29

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