shikariblue said:
Because last year, he was easily one of our best players. And no, he played better than Barry last season as a whole. Also, in bigger games as well (Chelsea away, Man Utd etc.) You can;t say he's been out of place this year either as he has been injured. Fair enough, not as good as last year but he is just getting back into the side. For his style as a DM, he is easily in the top 5 in the world (of DM's).
We lost Chelsea away and were dismal against Man Utd in both games (although he did play well against Chelsea at home but GB also played well there)
Its your opinion that he played better than Barry and we can have different opinions obviously but I don't think that that was the case. If you re watch every game in the cold light of day I believe you will see GB contributed just as much as De Jong. Well see whether hell get back in... (but he has not been injured for the past 3 or so weeks)
Now this is what pisses me off the most "for his style of DM" - NAME all the players that play his "style of DM". Because under the BM consensus the only players that play his style of DM are players that don't contribute whatsoever to going forward and just defend.
So who is there Mascherano? (who is better than him) and err err no-one
So whenever I name better DMs I just get - he doesn't play the same role etc etc.