Yohan Cabaye



The Lille midfielder (talisman he looks like to me), while somewhat boldly ranked 144 on my 300 list, is a pretty unknown player for most I suspect, and other than by name for me as well, until this season really.

Interestingly he is yet another smallish player (and I did have some early ideas about giving this team a South American feel), but he is picked because he combines great range of passing, not least his deeper balls central which are just pin point a very good amount of the time, with great work rate and exemplary decision making.

There is some deep lying playmaker here and he is the player consistently providing Hazard, Gervinho and undrafted with deliveries they can run on and on my team Müller really needed this player I think.

There is leadership and defensively, while won't call him a strong tackler or anything, he never takes a shift off and is always either pressing or back tracking. That's a huge plus over my other last remaining right-central midfield candidate.

I can't be sure how this player has been before this season where I haven't really noticed him and only seen him described as a good box to box player, but from what I've seen from this season he looks to be a great fit and the best I could find by some distance.