He usually can't tackle, but he won a bunch of duels today. But yeah, his tackle/interception numbers are pretty bad. My issue is his lack of defensive positioning and/or athleticism to make up for it. Wonderful on the ball. He showed a bit more discipline today, though, so that was encouraging. Still got bypassed a couple times, once that was particularly poor.
But he was great today, no question. Still think I was a better CM/DM than him, but if he's one and we get another that's more of a 6 - Ibrahim Sangare might be the one - we might be fine. I just think West Ham was pathetic in the center of the pitch today. But against the poorer sides, if you are going to have the ball a lot, he's quite useful, no question.