25. Moisés Caicedo

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He's winning 5.1 tackles per 90 this season. Last time a player did that well for us was Kante with 5.8 in 20/21 season.  I'd go as far as saying in all of 2024 I don't think there's been a DM better than him in in the league not named Rodri. Not even close. 

 

Edited Monday at 20:30 by MoroccanBlue

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2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Good question. He has definitely improved and we have to give him some credit that he basically was our sole holding mid for a season where we had poor overall defensive organisation. He has stopped most of these absolute brainfarts leading to goals by now which was why my assessment back then was so scathing. I still think we massively overpaid and he will never be a player worth 115m but he at least looks adequate now the team is finding its feet. So, I would not say he has proved me wrong yet but at least he is going int he right direction. There are still a few DMs I‘d have over him out there, but with the squad we have he clearly has his place in the starting lineup 

Honestly, I mean this when I say this, no biased aside. I wouldn't have another DM over him right now. He has everything you want as a CDM. He wins his tackles and also bosses the game and is a very good passer too. I remember someone on here before saying to me that Gallagher was a better passer and they simply used the stats as their evidence when Gallagher played further advanced than Caicedo. Caicedo's passing is underrated. He has twice this season now played superb through balls to Jackson. For his age and current ability combined with he is getting better, yes I would not take another DM over him right now.

5 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

He's winning 5.1 tackles per 90 this season. Last time a player did that well for us was Kante with 5.8 in 20/21 season.  I'd go on in saying in all of 2024 I don't think there's been a DM better than him in in the league not named Rodri. Not even close. 

 

Exactly. Agreed.

Edited Monday at 20:34 by Stats