The fact that dribbling is very nice on the eyes, doesn't make it all that useful. Yes, when mastered, it makes a great play to watch, but I'd rather see a player pass it back, keep it simple, and shoot when the best occasion presents itself, than the player trying to get around the defence and only then think about scoring. Don't get me wrong, I admire a player for his ability to dribble, but I'd rather have a player like Lampard, who dribbles occasionaly, than Messi, who dribbles every chance he gets. Not saying one is better than the other, they're incomparable, they don't play the same style, and not the same position, but a team of Lampard's would beat one of Messi's, IMO. I prefer watching Chelsea play than Barca, I feel like Barca players constantly try to impress each other by outdoing one another in dribble, and Chelsea seem to know what each player can do and can't do, and don't feel the need to impress anyone with anything else other than results. And they still impress.
I have more respect for someone like Totti than for most other players out there. Because from what I've seen, he can literally do anything. Great passing, great shooting, incredible vision, and he an defend when it needs be. And I've seen Totti do some incredibnle trickery. But I've rarely seen him doing it because he keeps it simple, if he can give someone a good pass instead of do 3 summersaults and vanish into thin air, only to then pass, and risk losing the ball at some point, he'll pass the ball immediately. He only dribbles when he's positive he will remain in posession, and I, myself, have never seen him lose the ball when dribbling, or do an unecessary trick. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I think it's rarer than with Messi, who dribbles a lot, pulls it off a lot, but it's obvious he could pass at other times, and instead he loses the ball.
That's what I appretiate about the Chelsea team, but I've never been much of a fun of consistent dribbling.
