re: Paris St. Germain 2015/16 Season Thread: 10 Trophies in 24 months

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ETA - Pastore and Lucas are good, but Mkhitaryan is better than both of them.

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I'm not crazy about Mkhitaryan. He's made highlight plays when I've watched Shaktar or Dortmund but he's never consistently impressed when against top teams.
To me he's no more consistent than Di Maria but Di Maria does have some of his best games on the biggest stages.
All the Brazilians were always the impressive ones for Shaktar when I saw them play (which I admit was only bigger matches but still that's when it matters most).

I think Pastore is an absolutely fantastic player.

However, in rating the midfields, I'm a bit less concerned about these attacking guys and more with how the "meat" of the midfield controls the match.

The attacking guys for all these clubs are good enough to get their assists etc if the defensive/box to box mids set the scene.

Maybe some of the difference of opinion comes down to that.

I think that's where PSG is pretty impressive. Verratti is amazing but also Matuidi and the ever-underrated Thiago Motta really work well together and Rabiot looks pretty good as well.