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Pretty sure it was @Tactician that posted the stats in his review of the tactics of beating Palace at Selhurst. Still, mustn't let that distract from the narrative.

Didn't he have our highest number of long successful forward passes last season?

It's where Holland have been deploying him as recently as the Holland v England game.

Stat Brother is most likely correct though - Mooy won't come in for Stephens role in the team, i.e. the more defensive minded central midfield player, or holding player. Stephens may lose his place of course, but the likely result of that is Propper dropping into Stephens role, and Mooy playing...

I agree, they weren't my heatmaps, but he's played under 2 different managers at H'Field in 2 different leagues and has been a more forward looking midfielder than Stephens has been. I agree he's here to challenge any of the midfield we have from Stephens to Gross. We know that Propper, as he...

And if he is, under a new manager with a fresh vision, then many are simply going to have to reflect they are wrong. If he’s out of the team and used far less, then GP will share some of the views. Time will tell.

It’s a condition called Barnesism.

As was shown on the Mooy thread, he plays a lot further forward than Stephens ever has. His heat map is more like a Propper/Gross hybrid. Anyhow, what will be interesting is whether a new manager also uses Stephens as the midfield general. Potter arguably has more options than Hughton had, if...