- Aug 24, 2011
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Sissoko hasn't ever played the No. 6 role as far as I know. His touch is too poor for him to be the last man in front of the back line. Teams would press the daylights out of him and it would put us under massive pressure.
What he does do is play the box-to-box role, getting up and down the pitch, covering his flank and quickly transitioning us into attack with his bursting runs forward. I'm as doubtful as anyone about whether he's the best choice in the long term, but for the remainder of the season I think he's proven that he can replace what Dembele used to provide us with perfectly adequately.
What he does do is play the box-to-box role, getting up and down the pitch, covering his flank and quickly transitioning us into attack with his bursting runs forward. I'm as doubtful as anyone about whether he's the best choice in the long term, but for the remainder of the season I think he's proven that he can replace what Dembele used to provide us with perfectly adequately.