Clayton wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:15 pm
Whiskyman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:45 am
Isn't Johnson the obvious cover for Cresswell ?
He would have to be now , but I don't see him as the ideal cover being right footed , anyway isn't he cover for Coufal ? .
My mention of Fornals was he covers Cresswell defensively during the game , what would be ideal would be to have a LB who is better all round rather then one who is only on the pitch because of his ability to put in a decent cross .
Fredericks would be the usual Coufal replacement I'm guessing. We've now got some sort of cover for most positions , apart from the obvious void should Antonio fall victim to his normal injury problems. Assuming Zouma comes straight into the side we have a shadow squad which would look something like :
Areola; Fredericks, Diop, Dawson, Johnson; Kral, Noble: Lanzini, Vlasic, Yarmolenko; A.N Other. And Masuaku , possibly even Winston Reid (almost forgot about him) can also be considered as League/ F A Cup material I would guess.
Perhaps the redoubtable Winston could carve a new role, in the twilight of his career, as a Carroll type lump masquerading as a striker.. After all he's got the credentials. Can head a ball, decent when coming back to help out in defence and prone to lengthy lay offs caused by an assortment of exotic ailments.
And of course talking of the aforementioned Carroll he is now a free agent I believe. Which means he can be signed up by any club outside of any transfer window because no transfer is involved. We wouldn't dare, would we ?