William Carvalho

BigOscar said:
I don't think Busqeusts only passes it sideways and backwards, I think he passes it in a very similar way to Carvalho. A lot of short, safe passes sideways and backwards, some short forwards and occasional longer balls out to people on the wing or to a forward who's made space in the hole. Although I'm not a massive fan of them, the stats will back this up they are very similar in the way they pass the ball.

As for having to take my word on Carvalho having a good passing range, you could just watch pretty much any video of him and you'll see him ping at least a couple of lovely balls out to the winger each game. Even a highlights video of him at the Euro's last year where he was far from at his best and asked to play a far less expansive game would still show him make at least a dozen passes that Fernando or Garcia wouldn't make in an entire season.

There are things to criticise about Carvalho, but his passing range or ability isn't one of them.
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Oh shit, so you've judged him on his Youtube highlights? Sorry, I was under the impression that you'd regularly been watching him play.

I've seen Busquets play dozens of times, and his passing choices under pressure is light years ahead of what I've seen of Carvalho.

Busquets, Yaya and Xabi Alonso play lots of square and backwards passes too, I'm sure the stats will back that up. But it's only when watching them in full games and seeing their speed of thought and quality of pass under pressure in a real game situation that you can fully appreciate how much better their pass selection is than say Fernando, Javi Garcia or De Jong.

The Youtube highlights reels can look impressive for any player. The stats can be very deceiving and certainly don't give you an accurate analysis on their own.

I'd be happy to take the opinion of someone who'd watched dozens of games of Carvalho and made an informed analysis. But if your basing it on Whoscored stats and Youtube highlights, you're really not in a position to argue against my point because I've seen those too.
 
I don't rate him, that's my opinion, don't need a player like him imo
 
If Yaya didn't renew his contract then signing Carvalho would of made more sense. He isn't a bad player but signing him now would be another expensive squad option.
 
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