Maybe, but I think that's being a bit harsh on Haydencarnage wrote: Who said anything about where the pass goes?
Thats his job btw. Win the ball, pass it backwards to defenders in more space.
I'd say his job is to break up the oppositions build up play, win the ball and retain possession. The last bit especially, and that is something we haven't done well enough as a team
I mean, what do you want Mullins to do? Keep possession by playing short passes to the nearest player in space, or to try and pick out a defence splitting pass every time he gets the ball? As he sits deepest of our midfield, that's likely to be a 30-40 yard pass, and much more likely to concede possession
He gets picked for the former, so if he started doing the latter, I can't imagine his manager would be too happy! He can pick a pass, when play dictates, as he showed recently against Boro, but when he receives the ball looking for those passes is not his priority