Not saying the greatest of players, but there were plenty in the no thrills category that never seemed to do anything extraordinary, but equally no real mess ups.
Mark Bowen is one that springs to mind in this category. A clever, almost un-noticeable player who just kept it simple.
Keith Jones is another who never really seemed to make a mistake (mainly because he was pretty unadventurous in what he attempted to do)
Can think of 4 or 5 others, be interesting to see if they come up.
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Scott Minto, smooth as butter at left back.
worst - 08/09 squad
The mis-placed pass or failure to cut out a through-ball are obvious mistakes, but at lot of play (defensive play especially) is about preventing things happening. The attacking equivalent is creating something, so you could argue that forwards make mistakes by failing to take maximum advantage of a situation.
The purist will tell you that all goals are avoidable. So, every time a goal is scored, someone somewhere has made a mistake. Even a 40-yard volley into the top corner will depend on the scorer being allowed room and/or the keeper being slightly out of position.
A key aspect for the players who don't seem to make mistakes is that they generally have a clear idea of what they will do when the ball comes to them. If the ball comes, and if nothing has changed, they will do what they foresaw a few seconds earlier. If the ball doesn't come, no problem. And if the ball comes and a new situation has developed, they will take advantage of any new options which have been created. Sounds analytical, but top players do all that in a fraction of a second .. and usually instinctively. But in that way, they seem to have time and vision that other players lack.
Kinsella was one of the best at that for us. Chris Powell too. I love Semedo ... but he does make mistakes. Especially of the positional variety.
absolutely agree with those two
Ah, yes .....Peakie's rocket.
I know that he was a brilliant, creative, non-tackling, lightweight. But his biggest "plus" was that he almost never gave the ball away. He went a long way to prove that someone who retained possession was often as useful as someone who regained it.
Sometimes it's a fine line between plaudits and brickbats.
Hypothetic example:..... tactically winger A is supposed to make his run off the ball into a wide position, once midfielder B wins posession (who's instructed to play the ball into space for that winger to run on to) .....he passes the ball perfectly on the floor, but the winger doesn't make the run. The midfielder gets dogs abuse from the crowd who only see what they think is a mis-placed pass.
But it's the winger who has failed to move or play to instruction, but the crowd won't see that - and blame the wrong player.
Darren Ambrose? Never to be seen anywhere near the ball defensively, and mysteriously dissapeared offensively if someone else wasn't busting a gut to get the ball and attack. Haven't seen too many people run as much as Ambrose without getting near the opposition or their goal.
Kish for example ..... and on the other hand, Darren Ambrose - 2 players who did actually play in the same team together,
Kish would always make more mistakes, simply because he was involved more.
Law of averages.
Rufus didn't make many mistakes, same with John Humphrey. Mark Reid DID make mistakes.
I don't remember Bob Bolder making too many either.
Darren Bent aswell.
Not one single bad pass, stray ball, bad tackle.....
Mega LOLZ