Good points. The same with Propper. In the Watford home game he repeatedly lost possession in CM with their pacey CM’s breaking at speed (he had none, so he couldn’t recover).
Hoping we urgently improve the first team, especially out wide and up front (Locadia might be the answer), to give...
I disagree.
Makelele, Kante, Drinkwater, Lucas Leiva, to name just four, weren’t/aren’t renowned for scoring and creativity, but they’re fantastic CM’ers. Their job to protect the back four, tackle, disrupt the opposition and pass to gifted creative players. Stephens does all of that, an...
He's a very good player, who would fit into the CM of a few PL teams.
Propper, Gross and Stephens, all decent players, have looked error prone many a time this season, simply because the Albion are under a lot of pressure - lacking the relief of forwards with pace and PL guile to stretch the...