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Here's another tip - if you want to sound rational, it's probably best not to put words in other people's mouths. In this instance, just because I said his forward passing isn't his strength, that DOESN'T mean I'm saying backwards/sideways passing is. It means that his strength is winning the...

Because Dale Stephens isn't really our "playmaker". And as for your second sentence, what are you talking about? His job is to break up opposition attacks and retain possession, which often means going backwards. Obviously there are times when he misses the chance for a probing forward pass...

I have a lot of sympathy with this post. I don't understand this "pass it forward" nonsense he's getting slaughtered for. That's never been his strength and positionally you can tell that's not expected of him. That's why he plays in front of the back 4 and against Huddersfield he did his job...