Lass vs. Makelele
By: Corey | March 23rd, 2009
I have always wondered what both players would look like with hair…
According to AS, Lass is statistically the successor to Makelele at Real Madrid. While it seems obvious that Lass was brought in to be the defensive midfielder that would finally adequately replace Makelele, besides their similar appearances, they are also very similar players in their statistics. They are both exceptional ball winners, but it seems Lass is better then Makelele in recovered balls per game, complete more passes and turned the ball over less. A pretty impressive stat considering Makelele was hailed as the best player in that position in his prime. Lass still does not have such an accolade, but he certainly has done enough to be considered in such a category. His stats:
He gets carded alot, which you really should not be surprised with. His ball winning abilities are simply so far superior to many players in the league that often referee’s are fooled into believing he has fouled players. None the less, could you imagine Lass and Mamadou Diarra playing next to each other next year? Devastating. Could you imagine De la Red and Lass together? Tantalizing! I cant wait to see it, but until then, lets hope his good partnership with Gago continues.
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Woow the stats are almost similar!!!Lass is the real deal.
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yeah, pretty similar. though makelele played in teams which had better ball players. and his positioning was far superior to lass’, though lass makes up for it with a very high workrate.
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It was seriously weird how Real under Perez let go of Makelele, Hierro, Cambiasso, Conceicao all in the space of an year, with no replacements at all in place. And then brought in the likes of Gravesen and Pablo Garcia instead!
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Do you think Lass is going to coexist with Diarra, or replace him? I’m thinking the latter.
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I think the number (and quality) of games Diara played still doesn’t offer a solid base to make such kind of statistical comparisons. So its more an Essay for moral, posted by “AS”, In my opinion.
I think , in general, Diara is more skillful, makelele positioning is better. But Taking in consideration Lass age, there is still a room for improvement.
As for being the best in his position, I think (Considering Essien as more a box-to-box player, rather than a DM) as long as Mascherano is still far from getting retired, it will be hard for anyone else to be labeled as the best in that department.
Neither Lass, nor Yaya.
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After 11 games, is there really a comparison? Or more of an opinion of what might happen?
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makalele shot just 17 times in 94 matches. wow
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In my last post, I also wondered what would it be like if Diarra and Lass played together. Ahhh, just imagine that!! But what would then happen to Guti and Gago? Javi Garcia?
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Although I love Mahamadou, I would hate to see dual Diarras at midfield. I just think it would be too defensive. I was excited to see the Sneijder/Lass midfield, especially since Sneijder played so well, and it’s because that’s much closer to what I want to see from Real. More forward passing, more attack, less conservative play. In fact, although I love both Diarra Sr. and van Nistelrooy, and it’s still a bit early to tell, it just might be better to let Klaas Jan and Lass take over, and use the former pair to bolster the payroll. I’m not going to commit to that, but it certainly is tempting.
p.s. Did any of you see the Atleti game? Forlan played a goat’s match, and el Kun muffed the few chances he had. An embarrassing loss for the colchoneros.
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While Lass does not have the amount of games Makelele had, it does not seem unreasonable to compare statistically their performances. Percentage wise they look almost identical in their capabilities, and they also both have nice, shiny heads. But what you must keep in mind is whether or not over a longer period of time Lass can keep such percentages as high as Makelele. I personally believe he is better then Makelele, and many people forget we got Makelele in his prime, we got Lass when he had only begun to show his potential, so there is alot of room for growth with Lass.
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Sorry to be a killjoy – but how is it reasonable to compare them if Lass has only played a fraction of the time?
I’m sure if you compared Huntelaar to Raul at the moment then you’d see the Huntelaar was a far better goal scorer – clearly nonsense.
Let’s see Lass cope with a dip in form and a few injuries before we start the usual comparisions and build up the pressure and expectations.Posted from
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Like I said, its merely a comparison that will give an indication as to where Lass is headed in his career with Real. If his numbers are that good now, logic seems to dictate they will be that good if not better a few years from now. No need to look in to it further. Makelele is still the best in the world and one of our best DM’s ever, but Lass has the potential to be just as good if not better. Sorry Gago.
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I don’t understand why people are looking forward to see the two Diarra’s paired up in the centre. Honestly, Mahamadou has never convinced apart from that great run he had towards the end of last season where he was more involved in an attacking sense. He isn’t a very good passer of the ball, Lass is obviously better defensively, and I’m sure there are better attacking options than Mahamadou, hell there’s de la Red already. I think it might be time to part with Mahamadou, Inter have been linked with him for a while now and I’m sure he’ll have plenty of suitors.
Another question is, if we do play with say de la Red and Lass in the middle, where does the “crack” fit in? we’re always gonna play with two strikers, and with two midfielders occupying the central slots where do players we’ve been linked with such as Diego, Gourcuff, Kaka and so on fit in? Ribery would be perfect, as would be Silva as they can cut in from a wing. and does this mean VDV is pretty much useless? I can’t see him being useful on the wing, and he cant slot into central midfield either. Anyone want to explain all this to me?
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If the 2 diarras played together, the only threat would be from the wings. 2 dm = little or no attackig threat from the middle, and if the wingers are nullified with qulity fullacks, what then? i think mdrid would be better off with just 1 dm per game.
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madrid*
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I bet we can only look forward to the best and why not despite the hiccups the Marenges are still the best in the world. There are many pretenders but they all know that as well.
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LMFAO, what a ridiculous statement. Madrid still the best? HA, cant even make it past the round of 16 in the cl.
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I wish I could see lass and makelele play together. they wolud’ve been like clones. and what an effect on the opponent…
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M Diarra is a grgeat professional, hard worker and also has the advantage of height. It might be that if Henize and Canavaro go and we bring new defenders in that are tall we might not need Diarra’s height quite so much.
My feeling is that M Diarra will be sold for sure, especially under a Perez regime – I only hope we get our money back 26 Mil I recall?
I’m not banking on De La Red coming back to play ever either, so we’ll most likely end up with Gago, Guti and Sniedjer. Perez will likely hold onto only Guti out of that lot, which would be another mistake.
I can see the return of Perez is really going to piss me off…I’d better get used to it.Posted from
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