OverratedOpinion
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Describe what you mean by a "passer" when you say Kobbie is not folks. Do you mean a high volume passer?
He could certainly be a high volume passer if that is the team he was in. He could do that today in the right setup.
What he is not is an expansive passer, a player who consistently passes through lines or one who strikes long passes particularly well.
Mainoo is brilliant and could develop some of those amongst a number of other skills. None of this is a knock on him, it's just that he is a different type of player who currently has a different skillset.
Having a player who follows the game well and helps beat the press by following the play in the middle well and being an additional option, has the talent of knowing what pass to play before they even get the ball, beating the press by passing through the lines and having a talent for expansive passing to help us change momentum when struggling to break teams down is vital for the hideous way Ten Hag sets up a midfield.
Eriksen did a few of those things in his first season. He isn't upto it anymore.