So to invert the original question a bit, it was posed to me at the last game that the current Rufer and Mandi midfield combination might be 'the best' central midfield two we have had.
I honestly screwed up my face like a 2 year old sucking a lemon.
But perhaps he was right... which other combo would you say is better?
Brown and Lia from that 09/10 10/11 period? (obviously with a touch of McKain helping out)
Surely nothing with Dani Sanchez, Ward and Alex Smith... functional but not exactly grabbing the game by the scruff.
Riera and Lia in Ernie's first year? Possibly on paper but they weren't that great and not exactly something that will unpick defences.
Maybe the next year with Riera and Roly (with WeeMac joining in).
It possibly illustrates just how weak our midfields tend to be... so are Rufer and Mandi the best yet?