Something I've noticed with him is the technique that he uses to pass the ball belies his somewhat back-leaning body shape. He generally puts more clockwise spin on the ball (left footed passes) and his follow through is usually more across his body than most, and coupled with his backward lean, puts him a bit more off balance leading to the calls of ungainly. But if you look at the passed all, it almost always is perfectly flat and on the ground when it reaches its target with pace, allowing our midfielders to control it more quickly and easily. It almost never has bobbled up off the pitch when reaching the recipient. Huge help for Hendo, lucas, Allen to pivot or turn on the ball with a single touch.
