They get to revise it in January, don't they? So he'll just miss the group games, which he might not mind given there are also two international breaks between now and then.
As good a thread as any in which to highlight some interesting stats found on the PL's website for the current season:
We are joint second with Ipswich for fewest times dispossessed (21). Only Palace have been dispossessed fewer times (20). We are not being bullied by the opposition as much...
Perhaps not with respect to our summer spending in future seasons, based on Tony's comments to the club podcast. But I do think we have permanently raised our ambitions and this past transfer window reflected as much.
Fair enough. For what it’s worth, I was pleased with Steele’s performances last month and wouldn’t have wet the bed had he started last Saturday. Just see Bart as more liable to rushing out.
I’ll have to watch it back again but I remembered Bart as being on the line and so in the clear. In any case, he certainly tried to save it, and it did look as though he had gotten his fingertips to the ball.
I realized! I suppose the part I left unspoken was that Steele probably wouldn’t have...