He's an average to good tidy midfielder playing in an average to good team. But, his average is much higher than Scott's or Fred's.
People saying that he's worse than Scott or Fred are out of their god damn minds. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion and we should respect it no matter what, but please put on a pair of glasses, Scott and Fred are not even Brighton level.
There are a few hots and colds with our CM's that are kind of only hots with Rice:
- Rice can stop a ball. MCT stopping a ball is like watching it bounce of a table corner, no kidding, Fred's a bit better, but Fred's next touch after stopping it is the danger.
- MCT has a talent of not being where he needs to be for 90% of the game. He's always a yard behind or out of position.
- Fred has a talent of being absolutely where he needs to be, but his passing and brain farts are the reason he's not developed into a top player yet.
Rice is not and will not be a Roy Keane and he's massively overrated at the quoted 100mil, but he's miles better than what we have. Dunno if that says a lot about him or about our CM's, but life is life.