done it once and was fine but i wasn't being totally serious though not keen on any of the obvious alternatives either
oh btw i was derided for saying we needed RB cover and yet here we are going in to the 2nd game with zero fit RB's
You can't keep buying players 'just in case' though. 2 players for each position should be sufficient with a few utility players who can play several positions seems to be Slot's favoured approach.
as i said at that time both backups are injured more often than not so it was always a big risk which has blown up earlier than even i expected . Typical of our luck though as Frimpong had a really good fitness record at BL
Last time Frimpong missed a club game through injury was 21/22 when missed 11 games in total split between club and country. Only other injury since then is 2 games for Netherlands in 23/24 So Woukdnt say he was a huge risk
personally i would say it is a risk to have just 1 player with 2 known injury prone players covering that position plus CB - though Leoni has since been added
Maybe but if Frimpong doesn’t miss any games then it’s a wasted space to have 3 senior right backs, especially as we have no more foreign slots available so who is the English RB that’s we’re going to sign to be 3rd choice?
Our situation in the prem is simpler thst europe. Europe is what 6 games before the window opens? It was last year with the last 2 group games after christmas. 17 foreign players 1 alisson 2 marmadashvilli 3 robertson 4 kerkez 5 vvd 6 konate 7 gravenberch 8 endo 9 macallister 10 szoboszlai 11 wirtz 12 gakpo 13 Ekitike 14 salah 15 cheisa 16 17 Tsimiaks is going. Let's just park that one. Now for Europe. 16 = leoni 17 = Ngumoha Our hg contingent 1 gomez 2 Jones 3 bradley 4 5 woodman 6 frimong 7 8 Elliott is going apparently so he would be on the club trained list. B listers (europe) Danns, nyoni, nallo. So for me it fairly obvious thst our slots are held for isak and guehi amd thst will mean we are well covered for europe but Ngumoha will only be available for cup games. We wont be buying to cover a minor muscle strain for frimpong but Bradley is going to be one to watch. The injuries are constantly coming.
Howe has been told. He's making it fully clear in his press conference thst everyone can ignore everything said previously. It was all a joke or something. the players want isak back he wants isak back, theres no problem between them personally. Etc etc etc. Basically falling over himself to back track on all his comments about the player for weeks and weeks.
