Kante is a physical presence. Sissoko isn’t, he’s just physically big. It’s useless if you don’t tackle much, press much and can’t play football.
Again, Sissoko’s been out there when we’ve been bullied and/or at home by teams like Newcastle, away by teams like Woolwich, Brighton, Watford home, SheffUtd home, Chelsea home, Southampton away
A long list of games, many of them against supposedly inferior teams where his physically has made fuck all difference.
We do need some physicality but it needs to be attached to some tenacity and game brain. We don’t just need a big stupid person. That’s partly how we’ve got ourselves in this fucking funk. Mistaking unit for useful.
The difference between Kante and Sissoko explained in pictures.