I thought about him recently. A cool head, great in possession, great passer and rarely gave the ball away. A successful cameo at the end of a great career.
Always been the way. Ronnie Whelan at Liverpool in a very long career held everything together in a brilliant midfield, but rarely got headlines.
Great shout about Kishishev, he oozed class.
Didn't CH or someone (not Mrs.Stephens or his Dad!) let it be known that DS was the player the other players wanted most in the team. "The player's player".
This.
Incredible that any Albion fan thinks he's not worthy of being a starter.
Hughton, Dyche and his team mates rate DS ... that's good enough for me.
This.
Shields the back 4 and plays it simple to our creators, game after game. Preventing our CM being overrun.
Undervalued by just a few who bizarrely have never taken to DS.
Kayal hasn’t got Stephens defensive qualities, and with Propper isn’t pacey.
Creating a weakness in front of the back 4. I hope this does allow Sigurdsson and an awful Everton team (their fans view on grandoldteam) to be played back into form.
Over to CH and his set up.