Originally Posted by Rashid
What's the difference between a holding midfield player and a defensive midfielder?
ATXRED - He said "He can remain as a holding midfielder" - which to me suggests he was bought as a holding midfielder or is currently a holding midfielder, but has the talent to do more. Which is not what people were arguing on here a week ago.
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Let's look at the whole quote, as opposed to one word, or the first half of the sentence shall we?
"He can remain as a holding midfielder but he also likes to get forward because he scores goals, so he is more of a complete midfielder."
In the context of that sentence (the whole sentence), I think the key word is "can". TO ME, Rafa is saying he has the positional awareness to play in the holding midfield position that Rafa must see as a necessity, yet still be able to bomb forward from time to time to score goals and in general, contribute to the attack. He ends by saying "he is more of a complete midfielder". So does that mean Rafa thinks he's a more defensive minded "complete midfielder"? Maybe, but if he's getting forward to aid the attack and score goals from time to time, as well as protect the back four, that would be fucking awesome.
So in conclusion, what I said earlier is still what I think, and in the context of the
whole quote, it makes sense.