festa5
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He ended up getting stuck on the left, and he really wasn't that player anymore. I think he realised that and wanted to play the 10 role but fabbrini and Ramirez were more impactful there, as Tomlin was the season before.
Watching the highlights of the ak promotion season again though, he is involved with a fair amount of goals. Just people were expecting a Merson season, or the crossing machine he was in his first spell.
I think he could have been really useful in the woodgate season as a player who could just put his foot on the ball amidst all the madness. Howson stood out for just this reason.
Think Pulis played him in a midfield 3 once or twice and I thought he looked really good there. Great touch, great range of passing and while he wasn't the sort to go crunching into tackles always worked hard off the ball blocking space etc. That's where I'd have used him towards the end.