Bit disappointing not to win

[Peter]

If MnM hadn't been playing up front, he could have come on for Dev with fresh legs. But if he doesn't trust Ethan to come on for Easy or Norgy for Dec if he's knackered, than is it really any difference than those CL knockouts last year when we had loads of kids we didn't know on the bench who would never be bought on unless 4 players in the same position got injured?

Hee could have brought on Ethan for Eze or MnM, or he could have bought Norgy on for the latter to have a 3 man MF of Zubi, Dev and Norgy, with Easy moving to false 9, or LW with Leo up top. The latter might have worked, actually. Norgy's 6'1", Leo can play as a CF and Easy could still have moved to inside left on the counter.

This is the conversation we had in the summer. He simply doesn't trust Nwaneri in that central role and if he did, Eze wouldn't be here.

And it has to be said, Nwaneri's performance in that role this season he has arguably shown us why he isnt trusted- yet.

If two of Jesus, Havertz, Gyokeres, Martinelli, Madueke and Odegaard had been on the bench they would have come on for the last 15 minutes. But we had nothing, so we had to stick with the exhausted guys.

We can't keep carrying this number of injuries. Nobody can. Hopefully we can get some of those guys back for spurs without us losing more guys elsewhere.

[redgunamo]

This is the conversation we had in the summer. He simply doesn't trust Nwaneri in that central role and if he did, Eze wouldn't be here.

And it has to be said, Nwaneri's performance in that role this season he has arguably shown us why he isnt trusted- yet.

If two of Jesus, Havertz, Gyokeres, Martinelli, Madueke and Odegaard had been on the bench they would have come on for the last 15 minutes. But we had nothing, so we had to stick with the exhausted guys.

We can't keep carrying this number of injuries. Nobody can. Hopefully we can get some of those guys back for spurs without us losing more guys elsewhere.

Young Ethan perhaps lacks beef, yet he plays as if he believes he doesn't?

One shudders to think if we'd be where we are if all those absentees were backs, rather than forwards. Would be an interesting experiment.

For another day.

[Peter]

Young Ethan perhaps lacks beef, yet he plays as if he believes he doesn't?

One shudders to think if we'd be where we are if all those absentees were backs, rather than forwards. Would be an interesting experiment.

For another day.

Let's hope we are not having that discussion in a few months, with Merino playing at centre back