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Looking at it, we are looking for rotation for Salah and mane, mini I think will be used in place of firmino.

4 players for 2 spots looks fine as long as one of the 4 is happy being 4th choice, origi. Then you've got 3 go tos to play keeping competition healthy but nobody is sat on the bench for months.

In addition, the money for Sancho is quite frankly ridiculous, hes good and will get better but hes never going to messi, Ronaldo level good.
 
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Looking at it, we are looking for rotation for Salah and mane, mini I think will be used in place of firmino.

4 players for 2 spots looks fine as long as one of the 4 is happy being 4th choice, origi. Then you've got 3 go tos to play keeping competition healthy but nobody is sat on the bench for months.

In addition, the money for Sancho is quite frankly ridiculous, hes good and will get better but hes never going to messi, Ronaldo level good.

Prior to us signing them, did you think Mane or Salah would become as good as they are?

Edit; I think Sancho is the least likely. IMO, we only sign him if Salah leaves
 
Whether the front 3 like or not, they need to be rotated because

a) they’re already overplayed as they’re so crucial to this team that we rarely rest them, they’ve played in multiple international competitions during the summer for the past few years

b) the AFCON in January means we lose Mane and Salah

c) we need to add depth because if any one of the front 3 are missing, we aren’t as threatening.
 
I'm not excusing it, but it's rife now.
Ours aren't exactly a host of angels either.
I know both Salah and Mané have been accused of going over easy and sometimes they have but ironically I find it quite frustrating now when they don't go over under the extreme dragging back that they both attract when they could legitimately draw the foul. They aren't what I call floppers.

What really annoys me is the type of player like Cantwell who knowingly fall down with no contact (and yes I agree he's not the only one). Watching the game knowing that every time there's a tackle or a player within tackling distance said player will fall over and win the free kick is so frustrating. Our players just don't do that as part of our game.