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  • MHPengwingz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    Surely Mikel being the guy that thinks of everything has a plan for this? I definitely don’t think the Spuds will amount to anything, it’s Citeh I’m concerned with. At least Dec will be back for that. The cup tie vs Bolton I really do hope the puts the younglings in.

    • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      Given our injury situation at the moment, I will be extremely disappointed if he doesn’t put at least three academy players in for the cup tie. It would be disastrous to have everything cascade into more injuries.

      • MHPengwingz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        I do believe the PL2 team have played teams of that level in the Pizza Cup, they certainly can hold their own.

        • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          As much as I’m upset that we suddenly have so many players injured, we should be able to field an academy team + Gabriel and Saliba and do just fine.

          • Astrealix@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            2·
            7 days ago

            You would risk Gabriel and Saliba?

            Given that Neto is cup-tied, I’d play

            Setford (or Raya)
            Nichols - Timber - Kiwior - Tierney (if fit, move MLS here if not)
            Nwaneri - Jorginho - MLS (or Salah-Eddine if MLS needs to play LB)
            Sterling - Edwards - Butler-Oyedeji (or maybe Martinelli for form)

            • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              7 days ago

              I was referring to the Spuds game, not the cup tie. But yeah, for the Bolton match your lineup looks good. I think there’s something to be said for letting Setford have a go. We’re never going to sus out whether he’s got elite potential if we don’t put him in those situations now.