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I’m glad someone else seems to be able to see his ability to control the tempo of a game. I thought I was the only one based on this thread.

If you don’t think Busquets is a playmaker then there’s literally no point in us even having this discussion. Pirlo played as a deep lying playmaker in a midfield 3 at Juventus and as one at the bottom of a diamond at Milan. Being a playmaker doesn’t mean you have to be in a number 10 position...

At no point in this thread have I questioned what he brings. I think there are times he picks the wrong pass and slows us down, but Saturday wasn't really one of those occasions as I felt that it was those around him who were causing the issue with their rigidity (I said as much in my player...

There. Answers to questions. That's what I like to see. And I agree with you. I worry at times that that's because he knows how poor Duffy is on the ball and in this regard he drops so deep to make himself the de facto playmaker in our side as he knows that Duffy passing the ball forward is...

I agree with the latter two. But Carrick was very much a playmaker I'd say. Also, people need to remember the games Propper has played there when Stephens has been injured or suspended. He's very much a dictator of play, even though he's playing in that deeper position. The difference is that...

You said that passing forward isn't really his strength. Does that mean, in your opinion, that passing sideways or backwards is, and if so why is he stronger at those? I think Stephens had a mixed game on Saturday and wasn't helped by those in front of him, but even his most blinkered of fans...

Why can't he be both? As the first person to receive the ball in midfield, and often the player with the most touches of the ball in our games, how can you describe him as anything less than a playmaker? Pirlo, Busquets, Fernandinho, Jorginho are all examples of deep lying playmakers who...

I'm sure it absolutely wouldn't make him laugh. I'm pretty sure he'd be quite insulted that anyone is questioning his ability to do it. And why can't he be multifunctional? Why can't a player break up play and dictate it? Just because he's not Pirlo, doesn't mean he has to be solely Makelele...

I'm sorry, but do explain that? How is it not the job of your playmaker to pass the ball forward? And how is passing the ball forward less of a strength than passing it backwards or to the side?