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Originally Posted by Kangared
Agree with everything apart from what seems to a claim that Carrick is more progressive than Matic , or even your claim Matic isn't progressive. His first instinct is always to play forward.
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Carrick is wonderful at playing it first time, either foot, forward & it's always into feet. It makes being the recipient of the pass so much easier. Not to say Matic doesn't pass forward, but there's a pace to it, almost always a touch & a look & then the initiative isn't so much as gone, as diminished.
The difference in top level football is that fraction, and it's also why Pogba needs to realise holding onto it too often is what holds back his progress. He's the best first time passer of the ball we have as well, he just wants to hog it too often.