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Ibime:
If you like faint sef.

Modric has not got the first time vision of the niggas I mentioned. I say the same for Iniesta.

We're not talking about bossing midfield here. We're talking about releasing niggas on goal instantly before the opposition defence know whats happening.

Mr Modric can never be classed in those category of niggas with his 5 assists a season average. His vision cannot compare.

Men lie, women lie, numbers dont.

Ibime:
If you like faint sef.

Modric has not got the first time vision of the niggas I mentioned. I say the same for Iniesta.

We're not talking about bossing midfield here. We're talking about releasing niggas on goal instantly before the opposition defence know whats happening.

Mr Modric can never be classed in those category of niggas with his 5 assists a season average. His vision cannot compare.

Men lie, women lie, numbers dont.

Dadehmola:
You really don't wanna tow this line bro..

Nihilist:
Over reliance on numbers na en go kill you.

Zidane and Xavi have far less goals + assists totals than Lampard, Giggs, or Gerrard

Oya which numbers dey lie for here?

Nihilist:
Over reliance on numbers na en go kill you.

Zidane and Xavi have far less goals + assists totals than Lampard, Giggs, or Gerrard

Oya which numbers dey lie for here?

airmark:
It seems ibime does n't watch madrid matches like that.



https://i.imgflip.com/y8s9t.gif

Ibime:
What line is there to tow about clear numbers?

Does Modric break defence line 50 times a season with first time mid-long range pass and strikers only score 5 of them? GTFOH.

If I show you KDB, Fab4 or Lampard assist videos you will see assist after assist of when they get the ball and spring mid-long range pass instantly without dribbling, shimmying or even controlling the ball and bang, its a goal. [/b]They see the picture before they receive the ball. Thats the key difference.

If I show you Sunday Olisehs 5 assists for SE in Tunisia 1994, you would understand the discussion we are having here.

The Madrid press was circling. Speculation on Ancelotti's future was rife. Supporters' groups were ready to revolt. The Bernabeu was tense, uncompromising—especially so.

But then, Luka Modric intervened.
[b]Receiving a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo, the Croatian, just ahead of the halfway line, didn't bother with a touch and instead hit the most sublime, first-time, outside-of-the-boot chip to a surging Gareth Bale. Goal. As the Welshman finished the move, Modric could be seen in the background, twisting his posture like a golfer watching a long putt, admiring his work.

Less than a minute later, Modric played exactly the same ball to Bale again, wiping out the Basel defence once more and releasing the former Tottenham Hotspur forward into space down the right flank. With the most simple of passes, Bale found Ronaldo. Goal.

Most notable is his passing, with the 878 Modric has completed in the opposition half of the pitch in La Liga easily the highest of any Real player (Di Maria is next with 650).

His passing accuracy in the league (90%) is the highest it has been since leaving Dinamo and the highest of any midfielder in Europe's top five leagues who have five or more assists this season

His involvement was classic Modric –the assist to the assist. There is an unselfishness to his game that defies statistical analysis. Modric is more than the numbers – both a visceral joy to watch and the perfect partner to those around him. As Sevilla star and international team-mate Ivan Rakitic puts it: “Modric is a great player who is different from the rest and thinks before everybody else.”

Ibime:
And he does this 3 times a season. Clap for yourself.

The qualities that come together to make the above pass happen each deserve mention–Modric’s first touch keeps the ball under control so that he can use his body to hold off the man just behind him. He then dribbles into exactly the right area of space to give him room to make the pass so that the onrushing defender can’t break the pass up before it gets to the Madrid striker. Once Modric has the ball in the right position, he then has to weight the ball correctly and place it in an area where the striker can pick it up and run with it–and this is about a 35 yard pass that he is hitting on the run with a defender bearing down on him.

And Modric does this sort of thing routinely. But he also is able to pick up the ball in more advanced positions and run directly at the defense. The clip below shows this aspect of his game:

Nihilist:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2511732-why-luka-modric-is-absolutely-vital-to-real-madrids-midfield-fluency



http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26290691


http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11946/9288169/why-real-madrid-midfielder-luka-modric-is-a-key-man-for-the-spanish-side-as-they-go-in-search-of-la-decima

Articles a bit old...but even the URL's give clues on Modric's importance to Madrid

Ibime:
Nobody is arguing importance or midfield dominance. We are talking 1st time vision with no dulling.

Dembele is uber important to Spurs and can match all the regular passing stats but cannot match the vision to put niggas clear on goal with regularity.

Demvele like Modric is more focused on taking a neat touch first by which time niggas like Lampard have already released the striker.

Nihilist:
It's like you missed the quote that mentioned Modric doing exactly that pass you're talking about twice in less than a minute...both leading to goals

afrodoc2:
I would take Luka Modric in my midfield ahead of all these players you guys have mentioned. Maybe the former less exhausted Fab4 is preferable but not this one playing like a pensioner AND definitely not Rakitic who is his junior brother.
Ozil and KdB are great creators but need a solid base in midfield behind them for them to be at their best. Luke can solve multiple problems in midfield that is why I rate him so highly

Griffon:
Modric isn't just about controlling the ebb and flow of the match expertly.

He also possesses that outstanding vision only that they are delivered occasionally.

If you failed to see Rakitic's game at Sevilla then you missed out on some good stuffs. Back then he naturally played ambitious passes. For Barca he's playing a different role, more restricted in terms of both his positioning and distribution.

I honestly don't fancy KDB in my midfield, he doesn't cut it for me.

I love my No10 to be hugely authoritative in possession, intelligent enough to play a number of midfield roles and adapt to the tactical circumstances of the game. KDB is only famed for his passes, he's not complete.

The boy suppose dey learn work for Kroos, Rakitic and Modric hand.

Ibime:
I dont deal in circumstantial evidence.

Tell me how many assists Modric makes a season from these.

Madrid and Spurs strikers must be wastemen.

Sunday Oliseh made 5 first time balls in Tunisia 94 for strikers to score. This is the kind of indisputable fact I want to see, not dem say dem say. He proved his first time vision and sense of urgency in that tournament. Not telling me conjectures.

Dadehmola:
Ibime seems to be the Elampiro version of this thread - he seems to have this penchant for "arguing with everybody", no matter how Ridiculous the argument is...

Small time now, e go say "we no know ball"

Dadehmola:
Ramdeuter, dem don ban you again for tribal bigotry abi?

Chestar5:
so ramdeuter is a tribalistic bigot ....

sleekdot:
How do you mean Nkem?

Nihilist:
Sleekdot dey get rumdeuter mentions?

You own asewo na grade 1

sleekdot:
How do you mean Nkem?

AdeLaNa1:
I've noticed dis for a while. Ibime is truly the elampiro of dis thread. United fans undastand where i'm going with this.....