Grujic seemed to have what was needed to play. A friend who lives in Germany saw him play and said he was really the best player on the pitch.
It's not a very popular opinion, but for me Wijnaldum, although he's a very good player, does not bring enough to the team. Wijnaldum: 7 goals and 0 assists in 2 league seasons!
(Again! )
Our midfielders are not used in what some what call the traditional way.
They are primarily defenders, also used to high press when we are in the attacking third, win the ball back, recycle it, and bring the fullbacks into play.
You can see them drop in behind, and slightly inside the fullbacks when they push up, supporting them, and winning the ball back, then bringing in the FB again, or a forward who has gone wide to support.
You can easily see this in the stats - our fullbacks have 25 assists in the league between them.
Our mids chip in with a few, and have around as many (or a few more) than you would expect from full backs in other teams.
They'll sometimes get into the box, when we have one extra outside the box (when teams are defending deep), but in general, they sit outside the box, picking up the scraps, hunting down the opposition, and covering the CB's.
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