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Hahahah, you silly man, you include me as Xhaka hater and deduce I rate Partey because of that, when all of that is your own invention? You're lost man, get help. I commented on your Partey statement, not that hard to understand.Well, Xhaka is what me and @farzad4daarse were discussing before you decided to involve yourself and yes, I’m including you in with that particular group as their hate for Xhaka is clearly why they’re rating Partey performances so highly last season.
I told you already that Fabinho wasn’t as good as he was in previous years, Liverpool fans even know that so if that’s the basis of this comparison then it doesn’t really hold up to much. Fabinho’s best year for Liverpool was probably between 2019-2020.
Anyways, the reason I keep banging on about the role is because you acknowledged that his role changed last season. Like I said, I could put Kovacic in this debate and compare his particular stats to Partey, would that be a fair comparison since they do have similar traits? As looking on fbref last season, Kovačić is superior in terms of pass completion, progressive carries, progressive passes and successful dribbles completed.
You fail to understand my point that as soon as Fabinho got injuries like Partey, his level dropped. So it's expected, that if Partey manages to stay fit like Fabinho earlier, he could be almost similar level player. Last season they were quite equal and had similar amount of minutes.
What's really funny, is that you can't accept DMF to DMF comparison with Fabinho, because of this "role". But then you demand to compare with Kovacic, who plays in a totally different tactic in front of a back three. You're a real comedian. A guy who has most of his career been a CMF, and likely has more of that kind of role for Tuchel and is free to roam with the safety net behind and next to him. And now it's about "traits" for you, not the role.
He isn't "superior" in pass completion, yes a little better, 3,5%. It's apparently these dribbles and progressive carries stats that got you in the comparison against Fabinho. Again, look at the other stats, the difference from last season weren't that big here either, but Kovacic was somewhat better overall.
And if you look at the stats Kovacic has better attacking stats while Partey better defensive stats. But with Fabinho they have quite similar stats in a similar tactic. Now get lost with the "role" bs.
Player Comparison: Thomas Partey vs. Mateo Kovačić | FBref.com
Player Comparison: Thomas Partey vs. Mateo Kovačić
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