I think I'd go for Fab as my POTY. Been saying it for months.
He's gone off the boil for me in the last few games to the point I think he's offered very little to no protection to the 2 young lads at CB, but I reckon he's just tired after playing a very exacting season in different roles in the side.
For me there is very little difference in him playing centre back or centre mid, he's very good at both.
"Centre back" or "defensive midfielder" are to an extent just labels. Marcel Desailly was brilliant in both positions. Some players are so good that they can slot in in either role and be great at it. People would have laughed at the idea Desailly couldn't play both positions.
A lot of Reds seem to just think Fab's a DM and that's it but that's a disservice to Fab's talents for me. Maybe he is slightly better in one than the other, and ultimately all that matters is what Klopp thinks and where he wants to play him, but I think this idea that Fab has to play DM and then we pick the rest of the team from there is too simplistic. Fab is basically a destructive 6. We could use Thiago as a constructive 6 instead. That's where he excelled at Bayern. No reason he can't do it for us.
Yes taking say Curtis or Ox out of midfield and sticking them in at CB is a genuine case of square peg in a round hole, but Fabinho is a roundish peg in a round hole; maybe even a round peg in a round hole. Certainly for his country I reckon he'd be brilliant at CB.
Not suggesting he should be included in the 4 centre backs in the squad, but he's good enough that I'd rather he was shifted into the back 4 on Sunday for one more game. I love Rhys to bits, cult hero, and Phillips played out of his skin against Burnley, but with so much riding on Sunday the thought of them two at CB again is going to make Sunday a hard watch unless we storm 3 goals in the first half hour. If Milner's back then I won't be surprised to see Millie come into the side and Rhys drop to the bench. Klopp's going to want experience and cool heads and leadership and that makes Milner the first name on the team sheet. Hard to see him getting left out unless he's not fit enough to start.
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