He could be

you don't 40+ games for Dortmund, and 20+ Germany U21 games unless you're bloody good.

Chippy was something else though. His vision was extraordinary.

I'd argue Vrancic is the closest to that in terms of passes no-one else sees.

Posted By: duke of york on October 22nd 2018 at 14:24:59

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The style of football we are witnessing currently is as good as I can remember not as (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Oct 22, 12:05:47
- Be fucking have. We score about 0.73 goals per game. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 22, 19:07:50
- If we had an Ian Crook, who was the fulcrum for much of the Stringer/Williams style... (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Oct 22, 13:46:29
  - Leitner could be as influencial as Crook, he just needs to consistently influence games. (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Oct 22, 14:16:09
    - He could be (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 22, 14:24:59
      - Leitner controls the play and tempo. He retains possession in almost any situation. (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Oct 22, 14:44:11
        
        He was getting knocked off the ball quite easily early in the season. He seems to (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Oct 22, 15:45:07
  - Vrancic can play a lovely cross field pass (n/m) (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Oct 22, 14:11:55
- Stringer and Williams style was fantastic (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Oct 22, 13:08:45
- Best football I've seen us play, in terms of passing, probably Stringer (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 22, 12:13:51
  - 100% agree. I think Stringers team/passing football often gets (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Oct 22, 14:42:05
  - i agree too - those Stringer/Williams sides were marvellous (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 22, 13:49:03
    - Before that, even though I was very young (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 22, 13:53:06
      - In fact, there was a common thread running through (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 22, 13:54:31
        
        It started with Bond (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 22, 16:59:43
  - agreed. this team whilst playing some good stuff doesnt even come close to that team (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Oct 22, 12:17:19
    - My favourite piece of commentary from that era on a TV game v Liverpool (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 22, 12:21:53
- Good post! It's nice to have been around for all three eras :) (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Oct 22, 12:11:12
- We are still only winning games by the odd goal BUT (NCFC) - Duck, Oct 22, 12:08:28
  - I'm still not getting overly excited - not expecting anything this season - but some of (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Oct 22, 12:12:51

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