daredevil i actually agree with that, it's a point people were making when we were signing Rice, especially when he was being touted as being perfect to replace Partey as the 6. In order to have Rice as the 6 we'd have to revamp our style prerry much. Partey is pretty much technically one of the best two way CMs the league has seen, albeit far too infrequently.
Jorginho himself isn't able to do a lot of the stuff Partey does but he passes it forward and quickly. Rice is Xhaka like when playing in the 6. He has a great range, and can spray it left and right all day, but quick incisive passing vertically without there being loads of space isn't their strongest abilities.
