- Jul 28, 2004
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Fred and Sissoko both played 29 league matches, albeit Sissoko started 5 more,Sorry, which Top 6 squad would Sissoko get into?
Sissoko scored 2, assisted 1.
Fred did neither of either.
Both received 8 yellow cards.
Both achieved 87.5 passing success.
Sissoko won 3 times as many aerial duels per match.
Manchester Utd finished 3rd.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like Sissoko, he’s not my cup of tea and never will be, I’d delighted to see him sold IF properly replaced. However, football isn’t as simple as he wouldn’t get in their squad so he’s no use to us. It doesn’t work like that. All players have different strengths and different weaknesses, and it’s up to the manager to derive the most output possible from them by maximising these. Sissoko, however poor his touch is or unable to make an invisible pass he is, has a function and a few things he does very usefully in certain situations. He shouldn’t be starting regularly if we have any ambition to play good football or win trophies, but to say that in he has nothing to offer as one of 5 or 6 midfielders competing for two places in a top 6 squad is over the top.
I hope he goes and is replaced with someone younger and better. If we cannot achieve this, then he still has something to offer.