http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/blogs/lordnelson/archive/2009/01/29/a-bit-of-what-you-don-t-like.aspxA razor. A functioning alarm clock. Root canal surgery. A job. There are some things in life which you’d rather not have either because of what they do or the hassle they cause you. This is part of life, sometimes you just have to have a bit of what ailsenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/blogs/lordnelson/archive/2009/01/29/a-bit-of-what-you-don-t-like.aspx#571339Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:45:51 GMT036e581d-d777-4cbf-b880-c32eb48958d2:571339algernon<p>But.. IS Palacios really that defensive midfielder we need? Apart from having high energy-levels and being strong in the tackle, nobody seems to be able to give me a straight-answer. By most accounts, at Wigan he's been a kind of all-action roaming box-to-box type, so I would raise the question as to why, when we're going to spend that kind of cash, don't we sign a player who is used to playing in the position we want him to play?</p> <p>(I realize this isn't Levy's way at all, but still..)</p> http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/blogs/lordnelson/archive/2009/01/29/a-bit-of-what-you-don-t-like.aspx#572368Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:12:33 GMT036e581d-d777-4cbf-b880-c32eb48958d2:572368LordNelson<p>I think Palacios offers more than just being a holding midfield player, someone to just screen the back four. We could have gone out and bought someone like Lee Carsley to do that job, sure, but we've gone for someone with a little more dynamism. I suppose he gives us that bite, drive and power whilst also providing a bit of quality.</p> http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/blogs/lordnelson/archive/2009/01/29/a-bit-of-what-you-don-t-like.aspx#576645Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:52:24 GMT036e581d-d777-4cbf-b880-c32eb48958d2:576645algernon<p>&quot;He is an all-round modern midfielder- he's box-to-box&quot; - Sir Harold of Redknapp.</p> <p>Is that what we need next to Modric? Is it really?</p>