Motivation Quote by Jamie Redknapp

In a sport obsessed with highlights, Jamie Redknapp’s line is a quiet corrective: the clean, aesthetic act of “being a good passer” no longer counts as a full job description. It’s a sentence aimed at the kind of player fans and pundits once romanticized - the metronome midfielder who keeps the ball moving and looks elegant doing it. Redknapp, speaking from the era when Premier League midfield roles were hardening into tactical categories, is basically saying: the game has moved on, and sentimentality is not a plan.

The intent is evaluative, almost managerial. Passing is framed as a baseline skill, not a defining virtue. That “not enough” does heavy work: it implies modern football demands a wider portfolio - pressing, covering space, duels, goal threat, leadership, decision-making under speed. In the post-1990s English game (and especially in today’s analytics-and-pressing landscape), a midfielder can’t just be a conduit; he has to be a weapon or a shield, sometimes both.

There’s also subtext about accountability. “Good passer” can be coded as “safe,” “nice,” even “hiding.” Redknapp’s phrase pushes against the comforting idea that technical neatness equals contribution. It’s a pundit’s way of translating the coaching room into broadcast English: if you want to justify your place, you have to affect outcomes, not just possession. The bluntness is the point - it lands like a dressing-room truth, not a poetic thought, and that’s why it sticks.