Naby literally did a job on Kova, kante and Bernardo silva this season. 3 players who constantly have joy against us. I have no concerns over Naby.
No concerns? No concerns at all? Surely that's not true? You must be concerned about his injury record for example
Thiago wasn't In training today but will be given every chance to prove his fitness for Saturday. Lets pray
lols this was when kovacic was crocked and kante came on and ran the fa cup final. or the game where city played thier reserves and silva as a no 6? take a look at Real madrid game last season and naby la subbed off and not seen again that season. take a look last weekend to see a really narrow set up and trent absolutely exposed. thats the reality check. Its not only down to naby though, klopp set it up with that narrow 433 with naby advanced. if we do this we will get eaten alive. This game must be a dog fight in midfield.
nope. no passengers. How many times have we seen this? e.g 2002 world cup final with the real ronaldo as a total passenger after breaking down. 0-3. the list is probabaly miles long. you just cannot go into a game of this level carrying a player... thats what man utd do every time they take the field with de gea, maguire and ronaldo. 8 v 11. its a miracle they got 6th tbh.
you don't get fit in this time frame. he'll be walking off after 20mins. it sucks for him but we need to focus on what we can do not be hoping and praying. Milner, Henderson fabinho. kick 7 shades out of them for 60mins and hope that slows them down to naby's pace.
and if he's on one leg and can't run? its nothing to do with general fitness, its the ability to use that leg. If you get a thigh stain for example. it wouldn't matter how fit you are theres no power there and its 2 week mins. Hamstring.. 3 weeks. its just what it is. We've been told its an achillies. If he can play dosed with pain killers but would be doing damage, well he might take that risk.
If he's fit he plays, a lot of players go out on the pitch every week not 100% and it's down to the player and medical staff to decide if he's got a game in him. I agree with you that if he's going to go off injured after 20 minutes it's not worth it though.