Couldn't agree more.
I think he was playing BW and Saliba so we had the best ball playing CHs, but it's insane to break up the Gabby-Willy and BW-Saka axes.
I assume that Timber was the plan to cover for Zinny and also RB/CH. But if he's out then we can't continue like this given Zinny's injury record.
We need to get back to last season's back 4, and if Zinny is injured then we find an alternative to Timber who can play inverted LB, so we don't move BW or Big Gabby.
I don't see why Rice couldn't play the Zinny role with TP5 where he was last season if Zinny's out.
Dec can defend better than Zinny. Many wingers cut inside so being right-footed isn't a prob - cf Tommi vs the Scousers last season. And Dec's got a bright enough football brainto play that role and get the best out of Gabby on the wing.
Fabio was great today. I wanna know if ESR is gonna play soon. But I don't see how Kai will learn to play this role if he's not on the pitch, but if Fabio's doing better, he has to start.
I'd hate all those Kai-haters who said he'd be a waste of money for us to be proved right. But nice to see Fabio step up.
Also, MA should have kept faith with Eddie. Great finish. He may have missed one good chance and hit the post with another last week, but a goal scored or a pen won in each game is fine. And if Eddie had started, we'd still have had Leo as an option to bring on.
I'm really peeved about today. We need to put City under pressure if we're to have any chance.