Good Post, its about personal application. you cant give someone what Eze, Wilf and Olise have but you can give them what Ayew, McArthur and Gallagher have.

I see the point that you are trying to make and agree that teaching natural ability/technique is almost impossible.
But teaching someone to be aggressive, combative and chase lost balls for 90 minutes is just as hard. Some people have it and some don’t. Denis Wise would probably never have been a professional footballer with out his aggression and will to win, Suarez would be half the player. If le tissier had Stuart Pearce attitude and physicality he would have been the best player in the world.
Schlupp is as quick, fit, good at shooting etc as Gallagher , one is worth 5 times more than the other.
Most wingers /flair players, by definition, aren’t workman like. When you get the 2 together you get a true world class player like salah or robben.
Hard work beats ability, when ability don’t work hard.

100% agree. If it was easy to teach that natural work rate and tenacity than every player would have it. But its not. Its why Gallagher stands out.

You can push players to run more, drill them to close down more, but their is a little subconscious thing that some players have that doesn't ever let them give up - chasing a lost cause, not pulling out of a tackle etc.

Above all of it. Players are all different and bring different attributes to the game. Your Maccas of the world give the more creative players a platform to play from.

Eze has barely played in a year so how people are expecting him to be 100% and running the show is beyond mad. Leeds was his first league start of the season.

We should be very happy that with Eze and Olise we have 2 of the most exciting talents in the league.

Unfortunately Eze is beginning to remind me of Puncheon who never really regained his form when Cabaye was signed. Little confidence going forward with the ball and always turning his back on players up front and wanting to play the ball backwards. I remember only one time when he beat a player going forward on Monday. He should have been replaced by Schlupp a lot earlier. I'd like to see a midfield of McArthur, Gallagher and Hughes with Eze getting a run later in the game if required.

Perhaps I’m a natural worrier but I do have a concern if Zaha, Eze and Olise can be accommodated in the same team other than for brief periods where e.g substitutions are made.
The reason is that if you add a striker to those 3 that means 4 players who are not good at winning the ball back or adept at tracking back.
The modern game does not seem to permit that luxury and I suspect that our game would lack the requisite intensity with four players who don’t really contribute defensively.
The pragmatist in me thinks we’ll only see the three players feature in the same team on occasions.

Unfortunately Eze is beginning to remind me of Puncheon who never really regained his form when Cabaye was signed. Little confidence going forward with the ball and always turning his back on players up front and wanting to play the ball backwards. I remember only one time when he beat a player going forward on Monday. He should have been replaced by Schlupp a lot earlier. I'd like to see a midfield of McArthur, Gallagher and Hughes with Eze getting a run later in the game if required.