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The result was merge to List of sports cliches. SarahStierch (talk) 05:37, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Midfield maestro[edit]

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A term used in sports journalism of the poorest variety; ideally this should be deleted, though at the very most it deserves a redirect to List of sports clichés because that is all it is. Giant Snowman 21:20, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 21:21, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:20, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to list of sports cliches - it doesn't deserve more than that Neonchameleon (talk) 12:20, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As a redirect, this would likely not survive AfD, since "midfield maestro" isn't mentioned at List of sports clichés (which, incidentally, is also a pretty terrible article). --BDD (talk) 17:44, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to list of sports cliches - per above and the admission in the nom, it is a regularly used phrase but there is no indication that there has been any substantial discussion of the use or existence of the phrase. Fenix down (talk) 17:08, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~ unless it can be sourced well enough to earn a mention at the alluded-to List of sports clichés, in which case redirect. C 679 17:12, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 01:38, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the page does not have any references or sources to back it. I would support a merge with list of sports cliches but again it still needs reliable sources. I'm not sure what else can be added to the page or how else it can be expanded if it were to keep. Meatsgains (talk) 05:23, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to List of sports cliches; GBooks shows extensive use of the phrase as does GNews (more than 100 hits in the last 30 days). Note for example this 2009 Daily Mail piece on "Football's best midfield maestros - The top 10". --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:49, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect per Arxiloxos' comments. C 679 16:34, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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