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Is Liam Bridcutt our greatest ever holding midfielder??
- Thread starter Bring back Bryan wade!!
- Start date
GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
- 8,204
Agreed, every week I think Bridcutt should get it.
greyseagull
New member
What about Jeff Minton..... 
greyseagull
New member
Saying that, he wasn't that bad.
spring hall convert
Well-known member
He is unbelievably conisistent as well. I can't remember him having too many average games, let alone poor ones.
Arkwright
Arkwright
Getting better and better week in week out. Work rate is huge the only thing he lacks to make him great is that final pass, brilliant short passer just needs a little bit more range in his passing and he'll be snapped up by every club in the Premier.
It is his consistency that marks him out as one of the best midfielders we've ever seen. Along with 80k a week loanee Wayne Bridge, and the ex Man Utd Champs League appearing PIG, he's got to be one of the only three on the team sheet that picks itself every single week.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Totally agree
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,681
The most valuable player in the team. A gem.
f*** me, that boy is good.
f*** me, that boy is good.
mona
The Glory Game
Excellent player. And even better this season than last. Now I wonder why that is.
nomoremithras4me
Active member
- Apr 7, 2011
- 2,348
Yep, f***ing amazes me how the shortest bloke on the pitch wins so many headers! Why do we hold him back at corners to mark the centre forward? f*** it, get him in the box 
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
You beat me to it. Horton was, for me, our best ever. Wikki says he was in the PFA team of the year three times, so others thought so too.
JOLovegrove
Well-known member
- Jan 30, 2012
- 2,060
The thing that gets me is he is always there. Whether it is a key block like today, a tackle or the pass he is always in the right place. Class act, lets please keep hold of him.
Spanish Seagulls
Well-known member
The term Midfield General really does apply.
Discodoktor
Active member
If the teamsheet was a pie then Bridders and PIG are the pastry.
I only really remember Case and Wilson properly and while Bridcutt is a class act for the way football is played nowadays, I'd agree that he's not as good an all-rounder as those guys. Back then, the main man in midfield would be a driving force. Win tackles, box to box, varied range of passing, ferocious shot ideally (good old Jimmy). Not saying Bridcutt couldn't do most of that but the game's changed - he's a pivot for the passing now. Certainly the best I've seen in that new role, looking for the short passes and crucially reading the game well enough to cover the full-backs when required. Unlike some (of the usual suspects) was impressed with Dicker yesterday too. Thought he took up some dangerous positions when he was looking for passes - trying to get between their defence and midfield and move us forward rather than us playing all our possession stuff in front of them. Shame he's not a big quicker but the bloke can't help that. You can see why Gus rates what he brings to the team even if, physically, he'll get left behind the higher we go.
Man of Harveys
Well-known member
Exactly this. He was quite indescribably good yesterday. He's brilliant every game but his performance yesterday was extraordinary even by his own ludicrously high standards. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
Poyet quoted in the Sunday Times this morning 'I am worried about him going in the window'