Please read carefully. I wrote about, "the level or ceiling that we need our midfield players to be at or capable of achieving." Some of our midfield may not be there yet but may well be able to achieve that in the future.
The bottom line is that he's sound but not as good as peak level Demebele/Wanyama/Eriksen for example and that's the level or ceiling that we need our midfield players to be at or capable of achieving. Any players that aren't capable of reaching that ceiling (and wouldn't get in to other top...
I think Ange may also be at the stage where he's just rotating the midfield and front three because they're all a bit bang average at the moment. None of them are in form.
We huffed , we puffed, and did a lot of sideways passing and passing the buck with all the possession we had. We still lack initiative, penetration and creativity. We're not great at pressing. We're poor on 50/50s, transition and counterattacks and we're almost laughable on set pieces.
PEH...
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