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Pascal Chimbonda
Stop! Hammer time and I have nothing against Mason except that he has no defensive awareness, we are wide open in CM and we need to upgrade one of the two in there. Now I believe the one with the most potential is Bentaleb so he has to remain, Mason may turn out to be a very good player but at the moment we need something different alongside Bentaleb.
As for getting a England call up I am chuffed for the kid but lets not get carried away that getting picked to play for a average England team is that much.
A little OTT surely no? No defensive awareness? If we are wide open in CM, then Bentaleb needs to take his fair share of the blame as well. Perhaps Chadli and Eriksen should also shoulder some blame for not tracking back. The point I am making is that it is not one player that will solve all of the defensive issues. It is the whole team. It's the kid's first season in the EPL, and he will only improve. Together with Bentaleb, that pairing finished fifth and got to a cup final.