Schalke 04: 3 things Amine Harit absolutely must improve on

2. Quicker decision making

This is another thing that I think is symptomatic on how much reliance Schalke place on Harit. He is counted on to score, assist, create, infiltrate the defense, shake off defenders, and do literally every other thing that strikers, wingers, and creative midfielders normally share.

So when Harit gets the ball and tries to find the perfect pass, I understand why. He knows how much his teammates are depending on him and he also probably knows that if he don’t deliver, no one else will. That’s easy enough for us fans to see. Harit or bust.

But in the process of waiting for the perfect pass to materialize, plenty of good options pass him by and we’re left wondering what might have happened if he’d just tried for a good pass rather than waiting for the perfect one.

When he dawdles, he also allows opposing players to catch up with him, smother him, and deny any potential development of anything else. Plus, ice those runners go offside, they have to reset and come back around and then the momentum is lost.

He has to learn to make quicker decisions. Which gets a lot easier if No. 1 develops.