Do we know for absolute certainty that the club made no attempts to sign anybody? Or maybe we tried to sign - or at least had an interest in - players who ultimately decided to sign for someone else. like, for instance, Nunez, Kudus .........................
Well, apart from Barco, Hall, Doyle, Robertson and Vickers. OK, so at least 4 not not oven ready but how often do we do oven ready? KTF.
see #322
Well Lallana played a decent 65 minutes and he, Welbeck, Lamptey, and Mitoma all started in the end. . Moder clearly isn’t needed and Fati is close to starting after a few months out but upped his mins yesterday. Veltman also appeared after a few weeks out.
Club quite clearly did try to sign players in the window - Dewsbury Hall and Bryan Gil. Of course they’re also going to say the club has a strong squad and the existing (at the time) injury issues were easing - because they were.
Bizarre response.
I don’t think he is an RDZ style player. I’d be surprised if he stays in the summer.
Sorry I'm just trying to understand the pointt. I think you're saying we can't rely on these players - so should have been replacing them in the window because they can only play limited minutes. Mitoma (90 mins) and Welbeck (83 minutes) really aren't on that list anyway. Lamptey (90 mins) - obviously you need to be careful - but has now started 2 games in a row (so fingers crossed it was just cramp when he came off yesterday) . Veltman will presumably be in a position to start after another weeks training. Moder must be fit to play now - i guess his issue is RDZ doesn't want to start him or give him minutes. Ansu Fati (33 mins) is obviously not fully fit now but can't be far off. Lallana (57 Mins) was effectively bought to be in the squad on this basis and had a brilliant game yesterday. So why is this an issue ?
We have two games in the last week of the month.
I’ve just been keeping a list of players who were now back in the squad and fit and sharing it on here . . For each of them then of course as you point out - there are all sorts of caveats about how many games they are likely or able to start or how many minutes they can / should be playing which is pretty subjective and speculative. But yes. Of course I acknowledge that !
We have a squad of 27 players one of whom is out for the season. We have a lot of under 21’s but they are first team players and very good. Too big a squad blocks their progress.
I'll probably get harangued for saying this.
Not sure where your getting 27 from
You have just listed 26 and Barco makes 27.
Do we actually know this - or is it just an assumption / educated guess / 2+2?
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