As I said earlier in this thread, we play a deep defence with our wide players hugging the touch lines, so there's never anyone nearby to receive a pass anyway. Doesn't matter what nominal formation we are setup with we are always wide and deep. Teams like Barcelona and Spain play a high line and their "wide" players constantly come inside to support the centre mids. Sure, touch and vision help (not everyone has a Xavi!) but even Barca's midfield would struggle to play a fluid passing game if they didn't come within 20m of each other.
I don't think we are incapable of playing a short passing game with our squad but they would have to be set up very differently to what they are at the moment.
You make a very good point BZ. It is quite noticeable how isolated the player on the ball usually is when we are playing. The essence of what most people would consider "pretty football" is the good old tiki-taka, i.e. short passing with lots of movement. Most of the Argie's passes in that vid were completed within 5 to 10 metres.