He's positionally very poor, reactionary like Fab rather than proactive, reading it, constantly repositioning himself to be where he needs to be and seeing what's coming before it happens, another Fab we do not need, this is my bug bear with how he is being integrated into the team and who he plays alongside, he started a lot better than I've seen him in his last 2 or 3, he's picking up some very bad habits, he's lost the ball in a No10 position trying his show pony little turn trick every opposition player seems to already be wise six or seven times in his last few outings when he's supposed to have been No6 or LCM controller
I know we all want better midfielders, I know it has long been the fashion to absolutely batter all our current midfielders for the last 5 years or more, even when they were winning the Champions League, Premier League and Club World Cup
It seems also to be the fashion to laud anyone we see to be potentially replacing any of them well above the merit of their ability or what they bring to the team, even if their presence in the side ahead of the much maligned older guard is detrimental
Mix it physically? He's our only midfielder to have lost more duels than he's won
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