I think the best passer from the contenders was Xabi Alonso. He's a class passer, the master of passing. And he can shoot as good as his pass. Totally class...
"Tough question. Xabi's passing was like something I had never seen but Molby had his better years when I was young 16/17 before Molby's career started to descend and I didn't really go to many games and football wasn't as accessible on TV at that time 1991 ish. I do remember Molby's calmness (like Alonso) but seem to rememebr Molby setting up more goals. (I may be wrong?) "
"There are a few to choose from. Alonso, Molby, Souness but then Gerrard's incisive passes have led to so many goals. Also Ian Callaghan could ping a pass when he moved into central midfield from the wing.
It's difficult to pick who comes out on top of this lot."
"I am really embarassed as I have a soft spot for and love all three, but the choice for me falls on Stevie G, John Barnes and Xabi Alonso, I say Stevie G as he's my favourite local lad of any era! anyway three fantastic different types of passer! YNWA"
"Molby (I am in my 40s) was amazing. He could side foot with such power (yes, even from free kicks as well as penalties.)
Saw him side foot a free kick past Spurs once (3-1 I think). That is very hard as most players dont have have power, accuracy and the calmness to do it. He could also hit the long passes with precision. Wow. Xabi is a close second. "
"XABI ALONSO - COME BACK XABI, CLASS ACT !!! JAN MOLBY - VERY SIMILAR TO XABI BUT PROBABLY SCORED MORE GOALS. STEVIE.G - ALWAYS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A KILLER BALL AND MORE PROLIFIC AND INFLUENTIAL THAN MOLBY AND ALONSO. "
"Stevie and Xabi are both strong contenders but anybody who was around in the 80s will tell you it has to be Jan Molby. I'm not an Allen knocker, but he has yet to earn his place on such an illustrious list."
"It seemed like most of the lads in the 70's 80's early 90's could accurately pass a long ball.Molby stands out but others were great too.One of todays so called good passers however can't even play a long ball, not strong enough to kick it that far!Maybe Lucas can kick it for him!"
"As much as I loved/love Alonso, I still think Gerrard is the better passer. Alonso's standing with Liverpool fans has somewhat increased since he left Liverpool because we missed him, but that doesn't make him better than Stevie. Part of the effect was that there were two of them, so teams couldn't just mark one of them out of the game like they did with Gerrard since (notably in 09-10)."
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4th Dec 2012 12:49