Originally Posted by
jozza800
We're going down this route again...
There's a reason why none of our midfielders put up high numbers in terms of goals and assists (and it's not because they're all shit before someone shouts it out
). Their function is to be pure energy in the middle and to allow the fullbacks to be the main source of creativity. We've been playing this way for nearly 5 years!
I remember having this 'argument' about this exact same thing a few years ago. It hasnt changed. I mean look at Gomez at the weekend, he's a centre half playing as wingback and still got a great assist! These aren't happy accidents!
I certainly didnt expect Thiago to come in and be putting up Kevin DeBruyne type numbers. And anyone who did hasn't been watching us very closely over the last 5 years.
I've made this argument numerous times and it is relevant, except for we do need some assists from our midfielders and balls before the assist that release a forward or full back in time and space to deliver, they should be looking for 5-10 assists and the same number of balls before the assist at least, we do have one midfielder who posted such figures in 19-20 and is already on the same number of assists as 19-20 this season, I think at least 3 of the assists have come when playing at No6
I think it's only fair to expect Thiago to deliver at least some of this level of pressing and passing that only the much maligned Captain Fantastic has been producing, you know, sublime, world class passing that actually has some end product to go with it
Last edited by Nineteenx; 5th April 2022 at 07:29 PM.
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