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He's suitable for clogging up the midfield in a low block defensive side. He's immobile, hides from the ball and let's be honest he does pass forwards a lot but that's because there's not a lot further back the ball can get when he gets it in our system the past couple of seasons. Valuable signing for any relegation battler not a top half side time to go whether his fault or not he will always be the player that symbolises more than any the post Poch misery for me.Some very good points.
I would add to this that Hojbjerg and Bissouma are different players, and while they could be employed in the same area of the pitch it should be for different reasons (with varying levels of success if not done in this manner).
To me, personally, this is the crux of the debate around PEH. He is clearly very good at a set of things (if people wish to ignore stats, that's up to them - there's a $750 million industry that would suggest they do mean something). It's a set of things that doesn't work in every team/system though. Might mean that he is a limited player, if he is unable to add to his game, and may not be suitable for the systems we want to play. In which case, he should be sold. (Or, as you say, be used as backup or rotation option. Possibly a horse for a very specific course.)