I've feeling this'll run close between a few players. It's up to you how interpret 'important,' but the intended meaning is: who is the most pivotal; the player we're most dependent on to make the very best of ourselves this campaign.
Some believe:
- We're in massive trouble should Varane go down injured.
- Martinez is taking us up a level with his game and self-belief.
- Eriksen is the only player in the squad who has no replacement and that the ability to pick and thread precise passes both on the half-turn early into the dangerous areas of the pitch, or pick out (and hit) the most considered pass, is crucial.
- Bruno is the glue that binds the midfield to the final third.
- Martial is primed to take us up a level or two as our only player who can hold up the ball and play combination football with anyone in proximity with consummate ease.
- Dalot, because without him, we haven't got a right-back, until January at the earliest, essentially.
- McTominay, who is, at the moment, our most improved player, whose size, mass, athleticism and energy levels are proving to be an absolute nuisance to the opposition.
- Casemiro. Him coming good is theoretically in the ballpark of what Martial has the potential to offer.
There may be another player you have in mind, but I would be surprised if one of the above isn't your first choice for the reason outlined, or maybe even more than that?
Perhaps we're so tightly threaded, it's a conjunctive effort with no 'the one' for you so to speak?
Anyway, where do you stand: who is our most important/pivotal player this season, and why?
Some believe:
- We're in massive trouble should Varane go down injured.
- Martinez is taking us up a level with his game and self-belief.
- Eriksen is the only player in the squad who has no replacement and that the ability to pick and thread precise passes both on the half-turn early into the dangerous areas of the pitch, or pick out (and hit) the most considered pass, is crucial.
- Bruno is the glue that binds the midfield to the final third.
- Martial is primed to take us up a level or two as our only player who can hold up the ball and play combination football with anyone in proximity with consummate ease.
- Dalot, because without him, we haven't got a right-back, until January at the earliest, essentially.
- McTominay, who is, at the moment, our most improved player, whose size, mass, athleticism and energy levels are proving to be an absolute nuisance to the opposition.
- Casemiro. Him coming good is theoretically in the ballpark of what Martial has the potential to offer.
There may be another player you have in mind, but I would be surprised if one of the above isn't your first choice for the reason outlined, or maybe even more than that?
Perhaps we're so tightly threaded, it's a conjunctive effort with no 'the one' for you so to speak?
Anyway, where do you stand: who is our most important/pivotal player this season, and why?