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10 balls you can play from midfield

Friday, January 11, 2013

Struggling for ideas on what you can do in the centre of midfield? Fear no more. Here's 10 ways the stars of the A-League play themselves out of midfield. 

1. Burger 'n' Flies: The McFlynn - Your first touch puts the ball three metres ahead of you and your second is a tackle to retrieve it.

2. Portaloo - The Eric Paartalu - Pass the ball sideways or backwards to ensure your 99.7% pass completion rate remains intact.

3. Olé olé olé: The Alé - Retrieve ball, attach to feet with superglue, round four players, get tackled and win a freekick.

4. Chocolate present: The Ferreira - Miss-time a long ball, swear loudly, get evicted by Hindmarsh security.

5. Dirty: The Sanchez - Play an okay pass, move to an okay position, score an okay goal.

6. Here's a killer: The Liam Miller - Pass it to bloody Smeltzy.

7. Move over logic: The Tom Rogic - Pick ball up and add it to your check-in luggage for your flight to Scotland.

8. Messy: The Marco Rojas - Round every player, head down the wing, choose between an assist or a goal, then defect to a bigger club.

9. Call me Percy: The Van Hersi - Find your man with a decent through-ball, receive card for dissent/foul/tackle.

10. More than a fad. The Zad Lad - Shoot