Viera was not a menace going forward, he hardly played any killer through balls if any and only scored a couple of goals all season. Patrik Viera was the black one yeh know, the white bloke with the pony tail was petit He was a destroyer, he won the ball, harried and pressed the opposition and played it short Exactly the same type of player momo is, however momo is better for his age than viera was Momo is one of the best young players in the world in his position. Rafa wants a sitting midfielder who can spread the ball around, an energetic one who presses and wins the ball and two versatile world class wide midfielders who can float, roatate and swap. Gerrard will play wide right for Liverpool for most games when everyone is fit because alonso and sissoko fit his system perfectly. Alosno and gerrard are doing ok now against sh'te teams, look what happened at Arsenal few weeks ago. Gerrard can do more must damage floating from wide right as he can in midfield because he will not need as much discipline. Sissoko is a brilliant player, just like viera was. You cant stress enough how important this type of player is, not so much for how you play but in how the opposition play.