Still a very strong team, we have good depth this year, especially in the midfield.
I'd expect our starters (Maddison, Son, Bissouma, Sarr, Udogie) to still get 25-30 minutes unless the game is out of sight.
If the big concern coming out of this is Reguilon and Dier, hardly a lot to be worried about. Reggy is likely to be sold and I highly doubt Dier gets more than a handful of cup games this season and then his contract expires.
Honestly last season I felt like we actually had a very talented squad (besides at CB) and that what we were witnessing was the worst coaching performance at the club since Ramos or Santini. Feeling pretty vindicated in that view now.
I don't know what the hell happened to Conte last year, but...
That's good news, because for me those two and Richarlison are the only performances really worth caring about in this match. Most of the rest of the group are going to be rotation players or gone by September.
Wow, glad I didn't read this thread yesterday when I was still buzzing after the game, mostly just people complaining about the performance and I only read the post-game posts.
It's just very odd how fickle this forum is and really the performance is only a let down for some because so many in...
It's not the fault of the u21 league. Premier league teams, top to bottom but also more acutely at the top 6 level, have so much money that they don't really need to bring players through the academy level. If you bring 2-3 through every five year, that's a result. And generally those are top...
It's interesting comparing us to Liverpool and City, because really at the top end of our team we're in line with them unlike the other chasers like Arsenal, United, Chelsea. Simply, Kane and Son are two of the best 4 players in the league and Conte is at a similar level to Klopp and Pep, and...
I doubt this is the first time that Conte has put them through something like this and I'm sure Ndombele didn't acquit himself well, which is why he was shipped out in January and left at home for this.
Didn't he play on the wing some during his loan, maybe at Millwall? Always good to be versatile if you're trying to scrape a spot in the squad. Still think a Championship loan would be best considering he's still only 20. Feels like he's older because he's been in and around the squad for so...
Always been a very smart and cultured player, I remember watching him in u18 youth FA cup at WHL against a stacked Chelsea side with Abraham and Solanke up top, when they were two of the biggest prospects in the country. KWP was probably the best player on the pitch that night. Had hoped he'd...
Trix with a winner rating on this one. Sounds like Emerson is here to stay. Personally, I'm quite glad. Still really young, only 23.
His end product was quite poor for us, but it really wasn't that bad in Spain. In his two seasons at Betis he had 5 goals and 10 assists, which is pretty solid...
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