A player whose ignorance of defensive responsibility is permitted because, at any time, they can produce a piece of magic to unlock a defence – that flick, weighted pass or dink no one else is capable of. It is hard to find any examples currently in English football where a midfielder is indulged to the degree afforded previously by the likes of Matt Le Tissier at Southampton or Lee Trundle at Swansea.
Comparing Lee trundle to Matt Le Tissier seems to imply it is a piss take.