Cesc/Kanté in a midfield 2

Whevs.

Anything that doesn't include Bakayoko is a Y for me.

I think it depends on who we are playing, but certainly can be used more often than has been.

I think it works but Cesc is likely to get burnt out playing games thick and fast.

I do think however, people underrate his defensive abilities. He's not the fastest or strongest, but he's always in good positions, and generally covers a lot of ground.

They are our best midfielders, and they will be my first pick for the big games.

comment by Broaquin (U16342)
posted 42 minutes ago
I think it works but Cesc is likely to get burnt out playing games thick and fast.

I do think however, people underrate his defensive abilities. He's not the fastest or strongest, but he's always in good positions, and generally covers a lot of ground.

They are our best midfielders, and they will be my first pick for the big games.
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Fab was helped by the fact that we didn't play a very expansive game. His defensive frailties are more obvious when there are bigger gaps between our defence and midfield. When we're compact, there's less space for opposition players to run into (and past Fabregas).

That being said - he performed the defensive side of the game very well yesterday.

Not for me!

IMO our major problem, along with wing backs, is a decent partner for Kante in midfield - we can't field a decent midfield two let alone three!

I'd rather see Luiz than fab...Luiz is quite capable of dropping in passes from there

I'd also like to see more of Emerson

fabregas' defensive game has impressed me over the last year, really improved, as lampard did later on in life.

Usually covers the most ground for us and is always getting stuck in.