In that particular position you have to have the athleticism and running power to be able to cover an awful lot of ground, not only that they need to cover it quickly due to the large gap they have to cover.
What you’re saying is true about if a player is good enough in terms of positional sense and have a really good passing range but that doesn’t really apply at this level. If there was a player who had anticipation, positional sense and had a varied passing range then they wouldn’t be playing at this level of football.
In my opinion that only comes into play further up the football pyramid, not at this standard. Stick him in a 3 in the middle but not a screening midfielder. Bunker excelled there as well but he again was athletic and was able to get around the pitch.
