Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
It seems to me that he's a very fine player of a certain type who suffers from fans' expectations that he should be another sort of player altogether.
Therein lies the issue and quite often the crux of the Canadian argument.

Last night he was playing in a system where he had two others generally operating in a midfield role and he was free to charge with utter abandon into the opposition area which is largely his game.

Stick him in a midfield duo, where perhaps for argument sake let’s say both have decided to abandon the concept of defending, then there is issues when he again charges with utter abandon into the opposition area and is found to be too far ahead of the ball when play breaks down.

There has been a recent marked improvement in discipline in this sense from the Swiss pass master, and for sure when Elneny plays he offers a platform to allow others to steam on.

When he is allowed that role, that freedom, he is peerless in the Premier League. Students of the game such as I and the German have known this for years.

Plus, speedy forwards and Golovin aside, the Russians were utter fúcking toilet.