daredevil He's far better defensively than Partey as a 6 and I don't use that word lightly. His reading of the play is next level, the goal he scored against Chelsea comes from him reading the bad pass before Gallagher, who had been superb for Chelsea all game. Nobody is talking about his price tag any more either, shows how good he has been so far.
What we need though is to have an elite passer with him at 8, we can't be building around Partey due to how unreliable he is from an injury point of view. I do think though Rice has another level in him, I think towards the end of the season or next season he'll really hit another level.
