Originally Posted by
Gogon
jloome, let me ask you a question. First, I hope you're right about this. But, can you think of any comparables? I come up a bit empty. When I think of these imperious midfield "general" types who find their athleticism failing them, the picture is often not so pretty. Players like Gerrard, Lampard, Pirlo, Fabregas, come to mind. It feels like the position became too demanding for them and they frankly looked bad. Then there players that seemed to exit stage-left just before they suffered the same fate. Keane, Scholes, Iniesta, Zidane. What might be a good comparable for a most likely case scenario in your mind? Maybe a guy like Schweinsteiger? There's a lot of angst over Bradley on here. What might we hope for?