Heeley was a fan of Devonshire in his West Ham United (and England) days and admits he expected more of a passing style from his team.
While Spain's "tiki-taka" triangular passing style remains the game's intellectual apotheosis, the Germans are nothing short of thrilling, combining creative passing with lightning speed and astounding athleticism.
Like Martinez, Hughes has received many plaudits north of the border for his passing style of football, and now he may be ready for his next challenge.
Rodgers admitted earlier this season that he was disappointed not to have had the chance of working with Britton, who would easily slot back into Swansea's passing style.
But Swansea's passing style has been its defining quality in becoming one of England's most improved clubs of the past decade and it has no intention of changing that.
The task of turning Fulham around looked beyond him until the recent revival, but to his credit Hodgson placed his hopes of recovery on a passing style that some felt was unsuited to the relegation dogfight.
With an emphasis on gifted ball-playing technicians such as Xabi Alonso, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and David Silva, even seasoned football-watchers were left open-jawed by the fluidity and smooth control of Spain's unique short-passing style of play, setting the standards that many are now attempting to imitate.
Ironically, Leeds found more time and space to play their desired style of passing football against Manchester United and Tottenham.
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Egypt finished the game in style, passing the ball around beautifully and toying with a stretched and by now demoralised Cameroon side.
But late in his career he took to restoring - or outright creating - Roman-style works and passing them off as genuine.
Very few sides can match their fluid attacking game - their high-tempo style, with forwards passing out of the tackle, can be lethal on its day.
Hawkeye's prediction - another problematic element to all of this - showed, arcade-game style, the ball passing over the stumps and the West Indian supporters went crazy.
Mornhinweg's arrival will mark a philosophical shift for the Jets' offense and head coach Rex Ryan from a "ground-and-pound" style to a more passing-oriented offense, and while Tannenbaum had adopted a more collaborative approach on player-personnel matters, this person also said that Idzik will have final say on all roster decisions.
When his all-action style comes off, like passing Michael Schumacher around the outside of the downhill hairpin at the Nurburgring in June, the wow factor has the grandstands on their feet.
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Hamilton, whose new car is unveiled on Friday, clinched the title in dramatic style on the last corner of the final race in Brazil - passing Toyota's Timo Glock to move into the fifth position he needed to clinch the championship.
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