scytheavatar
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I thought then - and still believe - that Xhaka-AMN would be a good ideal in terms of complementary styles of play.
I see Niles as potentially being the player that Xhaka and Coquelin should have been; very good distributor from the back, with great long balls, and yet assured and reliable defensively. Would be devastating for our opponents to have him behind a Cazorla/Wilshere/Chamberlain driving the ball out from the back.
Of course yesterday was him up against weak opposition and we need to see him play against teams pressing him hard to see his real mantle.