Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
He does but Mount is never going to be the main spearhead of a top 3 side, he can be pretty versatile I think as he gets older and learns more stuff.
The biggest problem we have is that everyone walks over our midfield when we don't have the ball which as you say exposes the soft underbelly behind (which is why even now I think Kepa's critiics have been extremely harsh pinning it all on him). Kovacic is a nice player but not good off the ball, Jorginho might as well just lie down and curl up in a ball, and Kanté is the only one who can defend and we're asking far too much of him, especially as he hasn't been properly fit for 18 months.
I kind of don't mind the ostensibly mad rumours about Guendouzi, for that reason, even though he's a total shithead.
What I'd give for peak Essien in this system, or Makelele and Essien, or even Mikel and Essien.