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I'm not trying to say its a certain we play better without him just wanted to throwout that we've shown that we can be successful without him as well.It's impossible to judge like that though really, one of our other great performances was United at home and he was there for that, plus he was immense at home to Arsenal too and we lost to WBA without him. Not that they reveal whether we're better or not with or without him but I'm just saying it's hard to come to a conclusion with such thinking based off few examples.
I'm not sure I believe that replacing Dembele will all of a sudden speed up our play, there are others in the team who don't move the ball quickly enough either.
I don't disagree that others move the ball slowly, looking at you Dele, but the CM position IMO should be a player known for his passing ability. The all time great CM's are tremendous passers. I'm not saying we're going to get an all time great but we should want a pass first player there not a dribbler.