I wish I could see this defensive solidity that others claim he brings, too often I see him letting guys like Vardy get inside him and score, him not jumping in the West Ham game, him giving cheap fouls away in our half, Eze and Zaha having free reign to run around and create chances. He really doesn't seem to add any solidity to our defense at all.
And as always why are we some special flower that needs a plug like Sissoko that can't play a ball to save his life in our side when we already have PEH filling the DM role? How come no other teams have to limit themselves so much with a player that can't play the ball when they already have a quality defensive player in their midfield?
i think the Sissoko helps us defensively narrative is largely made up because there is no way his apologists can try to argue he is there to help us with the ball.