Is Partey, Busquets, Rodri and Rice just a destroyer to you?Dont watch football games you say
Trust me mate, I do watch football and I do a little more too.
What I think you are actually saying is that my opinion dont align with your opinions on football. And that's ok, as that what a forum is for ultimately.
No idea about the others But Fabinho at his peak was definitely more than the Destroyer at least seemed so from little I saw of him .
Those players are very different from each other, apart from maybe Rodri and Busquets.
That’s why I’m asking to him if they are all destroyers- because to only call Casemiro a destroyer is wrong unless you call every CDM a destroyer.
Yea I think he has a way of thinking and hes trying to force reality to fit it.
Well Real Madrid is not buying and using any midfielder who's just a destroyer, their standards are higher.
I only really watched him in the Champions League and on that basis perceived him as a destroyer. That said, most teams (especially that Madrid side) play more conservatively in that competition so it’s not necessarily a fair reflection of him as a player. His statistics for progression in the league for Madrid were very good, just not as exceptional as Kroos and Modric.
On your second paragraph, yes I agree fully with your description here. Casemiro is a great player and excellent addition to United. But as you say, he would not be suitable for a team like Arsenal, or at least initially until Casemiro changes his game to suit what we need at six. And yes again with Rice, he would need to adjust his game to suit what we need at six, or to do that as his main job in our side. For now, Partey has the roles and responsibilities well under control.
The above players are not just destroyers for me. Or let me be clear and say that they cannot play as pure destroyers in their respective teams. Ill remove Rice from that list for now, because we havent seen enough of him in a ball playing, ball progressive system. But we can see that he has the attributes in place, to fill that role in Arsenal's system.
He's a great player, but last season he shifted more offensive more often, resulted in a few goals for him but completely unbalanced the midfield in the process which had a clear net negative on the side.
I think the kids say "Cope harder" to stuff like this.
They do.. but the kids aren’t capable of constructing an argument as to why our statements are wrong. So in fact, you must try harder.
105m for the type of player he is isn’t a bargain, Szoboszlai cost £60m and I wouldn’t even call that a bargain.
What are you even trying to say?
Im trying to say it’s hard to call a defensive midfielder a bargain when he costs 105m. I used Szoboszlai as an example of an attacking midfielder who contributed in all phases of play who cost £60m.What are you even trying to say?
What’s there that’s coping? He did feck all of note for 90 minutes against a midfield of 2 geriatrics + a 10 who gives the ball away for fun, then scored off a massive deflection while completely unmarked by a braindead defense.
Defensive midfielders are crucial. I think it's an outdated view you have to be honest. A guaranteed starter defensive mid for a top four club is worth the same, if not more than a centre back or a full back or even a keeper. Maybe not as much as a striker as they are very hard to come across at the top level. In a world where Grealish, Caiceido are going for 100million plus and many others going for 80 90, Rice is a bargain.
this is how you tell the world you've never played football in your life without telling them that. How did you not notice how good he was on most aspects whether it was winning the ball from our mid or carrying it and passing. Forget the goal, that was lucky and a rare scenario that he found himself in with so much space.100 % correct! Although OShea was more usefull in other position.
