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Hes not a completely crap player or anything. But to spend all summer choosing and wait till the last day only to overpay for unproven players, its just poor work. Not that much better than 'choosing' Nuno after faffing around all summer. Paritici really has to up his game, so far not so good.
LOL - absolute bollox!
He's leading the league in assists and key passes, so yeah I called him a playmaker. Not sure why that's controversial?Did you just TAA a playmaker?
He’s a RB - not a playmaker. KDB is a playmaker and plays in that position in the middle of the park . TAA is a wingback who’s good at crossing the ball to talented players in front of him
Then why's he the best at doing things that playmakers are supposed to do?
Football isn’t played on Twitter stats
I'll write to the relevant football authorities and alert them that noted forum football genius
ArcspacE
believes that assists (!!!!!) are a useless twitter stat that should be eliminated and are not related to creativity or playmaking on the football pitch. There will be a lot of paperwork to be done, but they should get back to you in 5 to 7 business days with the deletion of assists from the history of football. 
sammyspurs
I think old Arcy has been won over by your passionate defense of the pre-assist. It seems he thinks it's even better than the assist to indicate quality playmaking. Pre-assist is in the ascendance!
No they absolutely aren’t - look at Modric for exampleI'll write to the relevant football authorities and alert them that noted forum football genius
Wrong guy, I think a pre assist is simply a pass, that’s why there is no one who counts them except some guy that made a video about Messi 5 years ago, Opta did it for the top players in Europe a year ago as a one off article and apparently some computer game where you have to swish the Outsider and he’ll tell you all the pre assist stats for all Spurs players since the PL began…….oh and R Soccer has some list.Also, you noted that that "playmaking does rely on assists only", paging
So let's get this straight, what you're saying is that getting an assist is not a creative play and if you get an assist, you cannot be a playmaker? Modric has four assists this year, is he still qualified as playmaker or is that too many assists?
A wingback cannot be a playmaker - that’s all. That’s a different position in the middle of the park
Disagree. A playmaker, quite literally, is anyone who makes the play… or put slightly more eloquently, creates for the team. Usually a number ten or a midfielder of course, but there are forwards who make play (Sheringham, Berbatov, Henry, Kane, etc), wingers/ widemen (Ginola, Waddle, Beckham, Figo, Robben, Messi), and, due to how the game has evolved with them now being so responsible for attacking play, fullbacks and wingbacks too. All in my worthless opinion of course.
