OK, I've said he can make it, he's as good as any central midfielder in the world of reserve football. He's like a bullterrier and would run through a brick wall for this club. He's committed to every tackle, without ever being malicious. He's vocal and durin the pre-season hasn't looked out of place tellin the senior players where to go and what to do. With the absence of Mascherano, I think Spearing is more like our Argentine star than Plessis. Plessis is more an Alonso type player, likes time on the ball to spray the passes. Spearing is the one in your face, breakin up play and gettin stuck in. On the flip side to that, continential refs blow up for a free kick if you breathe too heavily but certainly while Masch is away and Gerrard is strugglin for fitness I'd have Spearing next to Alonso/Plessis. It should be who plays with Spearing for the Standard Liege game.
As for the longer term, I don't see a problem either, because although there are plenty of similarities between himself and Masch, Jay is also capable of gettin forward and playin a more attackin role. He's not the kinda lad who's gonna spray the play 40 yards which would usually say don't play him along side Masch because then we'd have no threat from the middle, but because of Jay's eagerness and determination to get forward and help the front line, Masch is probably the perfect partner to have sat in the middle of the park with him.
As far as I'm concerned the quicker Jay Spearing is in Liverpool's first team the better. I'd have him ahead of Lucas and Plessis in the peckin order.
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