He's necessary for the 352 which started to work for us thanks to Alex Sandro and Cuadrado. Otherwise he doesn't have too much use.
I wouldn't judge him too harshly for yesterday. He worked very hard in defence but he had nobody to link with in attack. Our midfield was simply garbage we couldn't control the game. Hell, not even counter properly. The midfield sucked so bad we were bad at everything last night. We need upgrades on Hernanes and Sturaro definitely. Asamoah was very bad too but I hope he sucks just because of injuries (or maybe he's done already?

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