MoroccanBlue

Far as I’m concerned this is another season where the league title should have an asterisk on it. Look at Spurs vs Palace. The latter have so many out due to Covid a d the former look i credibly fresh for having two weeks off in the middle of December.

They have a manager and sporting director that see eye to eye and believe in the same philosophy of football. We on the other hand buy Lukaku.

I do think we would benefit having an inverted LWB option that cuts inside being involved in the build up from midfield. Particularly against low blocks where CHO or Pulisic or Werner can stay wide. We see this at City with Zinchenko and more importantly Cancelo. Sergino Dest would be an option. Can play RWB as well.

Hope that falls through, as desperate as that sounds. Liverpool without Mane, Salah, and Robertson would be very fragile.

PRP injections?

What's even worse, is that any youth players that made a first team appearance this year, are now eligible to be a first team player. So teams who are injury stricken and were forced to play youth players, are now receiving the shit end of the stick.

So the lucky number is 14. If the club can fill 14 first team players into the squad, they are eligible to play. Without a shadow of a doubt, United were able to field 14 players during the two games they got postponed.

Depends. His role the past 5 months has changed from regular starter to rotation option. This will likely continue come the end of the season, meaning if there is an extension it will include a significantly lower wage than what he is currently earning. If Barcelona or Atletico or other interested Spanish clubs that are known for overpaying player wages come knocking, he will likely leave.

Fantastic.

Will Salah and Mane be unavailable as aswell?

A long time before he fits in? Why should we wait exactly? It isn’t as if he hasn’t played in the Prem before, and we spent 100 million on him for an immediate impact. If not then what was the point in buying him when we could give Havertz and Broja time to “fit in”. He’s 29 next year. Not 21.

Matt Law suggested he’s asking closer to 300K.

Can someone explain to me how Leicester got their PL game postponed over the weekend yet were able to field a full strength starting XI tonight?

Except when he conceded similar goals when even at Bilbao.

Just make it to penalties and Kepa will handle it from there.

I'd like us to go strong but the injury/Covid list is piling on. Starting to feel like we are the only Top 6 club really affected here.

CM shouldn't be an issue personally. Kante, Kovacic, and Jorginho all out was an anomaly (although given the Covid situation it could happen again). We then have RLC who can do a job and Chalobah. LWB should only be the priority.

I wonder what separates Haaland, Lewandowski, and Ronaldo to Lukaku...🧐

Should be a priority along with Tchouaméni. I'm done with having one dimensional wingers.

What ever we field is going to look horrendous.

Its not.

Putting things into perspective. On a plus side, Kante and Kovacic are back. Other Covid lads back next week. Chilwell will be assessed next week, and most importantly ,Defence looked good today.

6 points ahead of Arsenal.

Only issue i have with our system is that it forces our players to recycle when we should be direct.