It looks as if we will again change half the team for Forest, which is not the way to give fringe players a fair go, nor discover if they can really be 1st team members.
Take Michy Batshuai. No PL starts, only the odd 10 or 15 minute run out when the rest of the regular team is knackered. Result? "He's hopeless, did nothing, no contribution "
Now he'll play in a team like this.
GK Willy Hasn't played 1st team football for 3 months
RB Reece James
CD Christensen, back from injury and awful season long form
CD Tomori After a great start showed he's full of mistakes and at least 2 seasons from being the finished article No surprise there given his age and experience but needs to be beside a steady player like Rudi, not an out of form plodder like Christensen.
LB Emerson Underwhelming and likely to be gone in a week or so.
Midfield Kovacic , excellent, Barkley, as useful as a spare navel, truly dreadful player, Mount wrong position.
Front CHO bench warmer who has gone backwards but needs game time,
Pulisic I assume, should be one of the first picked
Batsuhai, no game time, no match fitness.Not much help from a team like this behind him.
So all the "fringe players' have bugger all behind them and are having to play with a group of strangers.
If Frank was fair dinkum , he'd start Abraham and see how good he really is, and bring on Batman at half time, when the "team" has hopefully got some rhythm going. Suspect instead he'll do the opposite .
Anyway, I'll be watching at 1am, and hope a couple of players put some doubt into the "favourite " first team choices.
Another matter Transfers.
Why are we arguing about fees for selling our duds?
Get rid of Alonso, Drinkwater, Pedro, Emerson and Barkley and take anything. Don't bother about the extra 5 or 6 mill we might get, it's not worth it. Clear out the dross and start afresh.
Take Michy Batshuai. No PL starts, only the odd 10 or 15 minute run out when the rest of the regular team is knackered. Result? "He's hopeless, did nothing, no contribution "
Now he'll play in a team like this.
GK Willy Hasn't played 1st team football for 3 months
RB Reece James
CD Christensen, back from injury and awful season long form
CD Tomori After a great start showed he's full of mistakes and at least 2 seasons from being the finished article No surprise there given his age and experience but needs to be beside a steady player like Rudi, not an out of form plodder like Christensen.
LB Emerson Underwhelming and likely to be gone in a week or so.
Midfield Kovacic , excellent, Barkley, as useful as a spare navel, truly dreadful player, Mount wrong position.
Front CHO bench warmer who has gone backwards but needs game time,
Pulisic I assume, should be one of the first picked
Batsuhai, no game time, no match fitness.Not much help from a team like this behind him.
So all the "fringe players' have bugger all behind them and are having to play with a group of strangers.
If Frank was fair dinkum , he'd start Abraham and see how good he really is, and bring on Batman at half time, when the "team" has hopefully got some rhythm going. Suspect instead he'll do the opposite .
Anyway, I'll be watching at 1am, and hope a couple of players put some doubt into the "favourite " first team choices.
Another matter Transfers.
Why are we arguing about fees for selling our duds?
Get rid of Alonso, Drinkwater, Pedro, Emerson and Barkley and take anything. Don't bother about the extra 5 or 6 mill we might get, it's not worth it. Clear out the dross and start afresh.
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