Do we need a hard man in midfield?

[taleofbluehalves]

Yet again we are kicked and kicked with very little protection from referees or our own players.
My personal feeling is De Jong won the FA Cup midfield with 3 really tough challenges. Do we need this to make a difference?

 

[Feed the Elk]

What, like Fernando?

 

[RayCTID]

Nope. We will end up with ten men every other week.

 

[The Riot Club]

Not so much, what we need in midfield is Dele Alli.

 

[Goater=Legend]

We miss Gundogan. Someone with the ability to run with the ball.

 

[The Man With The Stick]

No... it's too difficult to run with a boner

 

[cadds92]

We have one in Fernando and he is bang average.

Pep first and foremost wants footballers, if he has a hard streak then great, but for Pep I don'to think he sees it as important.

I think it's a very British sentiment to want hard men in midfield, most of us were brought up on them.

Same with central defenders and goalkeepers. A lot of us don't want our defenders and goalkeepers playing out of the back.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

As long as we go 2-0 by the time he's sent off after 15 minutes

 

[daztrueblue91]

The only benefit a hard man in our team would be is to the opposition.

Referees treat us differently to every other side in the league. The fact we received more bookings today than Arsenal, despite having more possession and Arsenal's game plan clearly being to get stuck into our players, is a testament to how corrupt the officials are.

I can accept mistakes because they happen and are part of the game. However, what I cannot accept is officials who treat us totally different to the opposition.

 

[hertsblue]

Not until the club does something about the officiating.
Teams can kick us off the park without worry of cards and yet when we get physical its an instant yellow.
My father today said he has never seen Arsenal play so physical. I told him its because the remit for other teams is they are allowed to kick us off the park with protection from cards