Originally Posted by
eirebhoy
A holding midfielder is a very broad term though (Stutts will back me up there ;)). Celtic's new little gem Marc Crosas is a holding midfielder but he's also one of the most technically gifted and tactically astute players in Scotland. He turns Celtic from average/poor into good/excellent by keeping games flowing, demanding the ball off his teammates, always being available for a pass, knowing what his next pass will be even when he hasn't got the ball, etc.
All the above is tactical and it does my head in listening to almost every pundit in Britain and Ireland talk about technical inferiority. Lampard, Gerrard, Carrick, Beckham, J.Cole, etc. are not technically limited. Most midfielders on these 2 islands are tactically limited.
Anyway, sorry about that rant but I just wish something could be done about the coaching here.