Yossi has been the player of 2009 but Masch has been the player of this month and indeed the last 6 weeks or so. Awesome tonight, well motivated and looking for that forward pass he is supposed to be bereft of. Well done, once again Mash.
It's not really the forward passes that is the problem in my opinion - even though he misplaced quite a few against Wigan - it's the time he takes getting the ball under control, and pass it on. His first time pass isn't great (not even under pressure, he put an easy one out to touch yesterday, and that has happened a few times this season), niether is his control, and he makes weird decisions when on the ball sometimes. He did a similar thing to what happened against Chelsea yesterday, dribbling into two-three opponents, losing the ball, and allowing Wigan to break forward.
I think he needs to improve these things, cause all of them lead to us having the ball less. To often Mascherano, or the player he passes to, doesn't have enough time to play a good pass, and we just hoof it forward instead (atleast the defenders do).
That said, he looks back to his best when it comes to pressing and ball-winning, and I'd always play him in our midfield. No one have that aggression and it's noticable whenever we're without him.