(23-09-2016, 16:46)Salopbaggie Wrote: For those who think Yacob's contributions are not good enough may find the following interesting.
Yacob over the past 4 years is the second best in the Premier League at his job (breaking up the play) and since 2012/13 he has won 306 tackles, only Morgan Schneiderlin has won more (324).
The figure averages just over a 75% success rate.
So peeps think of this next time you wonder if he is good enough.
Mourinho probably rates Schneiderlin, but he hasn't picked him for a League game this season, probably for the same reason. Yacob's certainly one of our best players, but I just wonder if he's taking another bloke's* shirt, esp for Home games.
* We don't seem to have "another bloke", but another Coach might have prioritised buying someone else.
Much as I rate Claudio, I'd rather have Mulumbu of 3-4 years ago, who broke up play just as well, AND offered more going forward.
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