Quote Originally Posted by HCZ View Post
I think it’s also lacking the physical strength or the desire to do anything other than the easy short pass

We definitely lack pace in the midfield generally. None of our central midfielders can sprint. Whilst you don’t need everyone to sprint you need someone who can
definitely

the more i read all this the more i agree re xhaka - i thought he had promise at first but a few early clumsy tackles meant the refs targeted him, so i think he's been neutralised as a tackler, he's not quick and although we should still give him credit for the odd good forward pass we're only getting about 1 per game now from what I've seen