I think that when people talk about decision making they are actually referring to instinctive decision making and not sitting down to have a think about it.

When Schluppy arrived we were told by Leicester fans that although he was very fast his decision making was dreadful

Jimmy Greaves was "good at football", but I'm not sure that people who know more about the game than I do would have put "decision-making" and "ability to read the game" amongst his attributes.

Greaves was instinctive.

For me good decision making equates to having a football brain and making the right decision in the vast majority of cases on the field.
DeBruyne is a classic example.
Invariably finds his man with a correctly weighted pass which puts his team in the most advantageous position available at the time.
Sadly we don't have a DeBruyne, but in the past I would say Cabaye would have been a good example and to a lesser extent McArthur.
Currently we have too many headless chickens who are not efficient in their use of the ball and make poor decisions.

Agree with all the rest but the bottom highlighted seems a bit harsh for me PatA and I would propose something somewhat different:

1. Tactics - Whatever the philosophy is that PV is trying to imbed, it seems or is evidently lacking in the final product. Almost like a sentiment as opposed to an actual strategic approach to the game. The further this progresses up the field, the weaker it becomes for me: 1. Defence of solid technical skilled ball players 2. Midfield are now looking like technically capable players who retain and can move the ball however their tactical drilling not evident and forward passes somewhat predictable/generic 3. Forward line of individualistic players in their own world usually and lacking in ideas to actually score.

and then,

2. Individualistic players - More towards the front (as mentioned). Wilf is Wilf, Olise seems to always be looking to cut in or do Olise things and Ayew doing Ayew things with either Mateta looking somewhat lost in the middle or Edouard looking as though he is trying to implement whatever is being trained into him but not quite sure.

So end summary for me is we have some players fitting nicely into the philosophy/system however many individual players who do not look amenable or yet capable to deliver whatever is attempting to be achieved. They're all good players IMHO with some fantastic capabilities however they are not operating as a synesthetic and cohesive unit... yet.

That's not really a criticism of either PV or players just my perspective of things. Hopefully as time moves forward we will see a nice marriage between PV's tactical approach and the players' individual abilities however it still looks disjointed or half-implemented for me - hence the lack of attempts, goals and wins. And breathe, that was a long post!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Perhaps, sometimes, they should adopt Ian Wright's old philosophy

if you've got a view of the goal, have a shot - eventually, by the law of averages, some of them will go in...

Sometimes we seem to be looking for an option to walk the ball into the net.

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