It's hard to describe, and I don't use it as a criticism FWIW, it's just that a lot of his passing looks very forced compared to a lot of other more natural passers.
Mozza'd said that left-footed players just have a different technique to how they approach the game and I tend to think it's just me not being used to that type of technique more than anything.
No you're right in your assumption that he has a 'unorthodox technique'. Nothing to do with left-footed, it's just unique to Anderson and it's what allows him to pull off some spectacular passes i.e. one to Tevez against Blackburn in the Carling cup but there is also a flaw with his technique as it can be quite inconsistent. He just has to master it and it'll come with experience and a prolonged run of games.
Maradona, Puskas for instance had flawless technique.. so nothing to do with left footers.
Indeed. "Dominating games with his passing" is a weird thing to say. It relies on a player to sit and spread balls. Anderson has dominated many games. I'd say Liverpool away 07/08, Arsenal away 07/08 and CL 08/09 semi and Chelsea away this season are all good high profile example of this....But he hasn't dominated them with just passing, because he moves all around the pitch, like he did today when he came on. If you're looking for a "dominates with passing player" you're looking at someone like Carrick, and he hasn't been doing it for 2 seasons now.
As for Gibson...to even compare his progress to Andersons is to ignore everything Ando has done and concentrate soley on some nice goals. Ando is far ahead of Gibson in the progress stakes IMO
Dominating games from midfield can be arguably be done in three ways, 'destroying (Makalele style)', '(goalscoring and assisting Kaka/Gerrard style)' and most importantly 'running a game - Zidane/Scholes/Pirlo'.
The best midfielders are usually the ones who can run a game, consists of great passing technique, mobility and ability on the ball, composure to take people on when under pressure and creativity and vision. They get the ball off defenders or defensive midfielders and construct and conduct moves, artists.
Someone who could do all three would be the complete midfielder. I think Anderson has the potential to run games.. he has a long way to go but I think if we played him with the right players he has it in him.
Gibson would fall into the assist/Goalscoring player.. I don't think he has the energy/Mobilty to run a game.