Thanks. It's interesting to hear of his experience as a CM as I think he played almost as a second forward at Newcastle, or a very attacking midfielder, didn't he? Or at least it seemed that way in the few matches I saw him.
To be fair, I saw a few Newcastle games after Benitez took over.
There were a few games he played all or part of the game in the midfield two when they played 4-2-3-1.
However, he seemed to me to be pretty ordinary and ineffectual there and would be better closer to goal. I think he maybe moved forward again in the last few games.
He certainly wasn't playing like the controlling midfielder Klopp was believed to want and Joyce even says this. Suggests we are basically getting our third choice centre midfielder or buying him to play further forward, in which case is he an improvement on any of our current options?
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