- Sep 2, 2004
- 9,455
- 14,225
This is so true.The stats say he's one of the best midfielders in the world. Above average on almost every single metric and elite in plenty.
His leadership qualities are also great, and I find it crazy that some almost use them as a negative against him.
There's a reason he's played almost every minute he's available under 2 of the greatest managers of the last 20 years.
He has the toughest job on the pitch for us. Given our system he plays 2v3 or even 2v4 every game, and still manages to fight and claw his way to a good performance most weeks.
Some players are underrated on SC, but with PEH it's worse than that. He's way beyond underrated that I almost can't fathom it. What aren't you seeing?
We often forget that he and Bentancur are usually playing in a double pivot against midfield 3 most weeks. He's suffering from the Ben Davies LB effect. He's a solid 7 almost every match. He doesn't have skills like Ronaldinho or cutting passes like Xavi and he doesn't power through a team like Yaya Toure did but he does everything the manager asks and nothing less some fans equate that mediocrity but there's a reason why he's been the first choice since he signed for us even though we signed an additional first team CMs during that time.