Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
With Caicedo needing to serve a bit of time on the bench, MacA suspended, Ferguson injured, Webster carrying a bit of a knock, Saturday did delve into the depths of our squad with 5 subs used, and a debut for 18 year old Buonanotte who we might have been forgiven in thinking they would be going into the development side of things for a few weeks, first, not straight into a premier league game.
We obviously had discussions on here during the window, and RDZ had said he wanted players in, then said he was happy etc. but it felt like on Saturday we pretty much saw with the injuries, suspensions etc. what the full depth of our squad looks like at present.
When losing Bissouma for example, Caicedo and Mwepu were flying and you suddenly felt his departure wasn't going to be so hard felt. Now, the cover in midfield appears to be Gross and Gilmour. The right back slot is Veltman / Lamptey / Gross, but Saturday that was reduced to Lamptey as the other two were required elsewhere.
Really exciting when Sarmiento, Enciso and Buonanotte came on, some real flair and excitement, but really could do without MacA and Caicedo being out at the same time again.
We obviously had discussions on here during the window, and RDZ had said he wanted players in, then said he was happy etc. but it felt like on Saturday we pretty much saw with the injuries, suspensions etc. what the full depth of our squad looks like at present.
When losing Bissouma for example, Caicedo and Mwepu were flying and you suddenly felt his departure wasn't going to be so hard felt. Now, the cover in midfield appears to be Gross and Gilmour. The right back slot is Veltman / Lamptey / Gross, but Saturday that was reduced to Lamptey as the other two were required elsewhere.
Really exciting when Sarmiento, Enciso and Buonanotte came on, some real flair and excitement, but really could do without MacA and Caicedo being out at the same time again.