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Still confused if some of our key players are in such need of a rest why Caicedo, Mac, Mitoma played 30-45mins each when we were cruising !

Fair enough, if running those players in the ground is preferred over a £10M+ signing from last summer then someone’s really f***ed up. Likewise Undav

is that not on the manager then ? The same thing levelled at Bielsa when his teams burnt out in the last quarter of every season

and then what we need is experienced PL ready players who are as good as those, but then be sat on the bench until end of April to then pick up the baton but also disappear out of the squad entirely to not block the pathway of our youngsters

How can Brentford and Villa have used the same or less players than us but be doing as well / better ? And Villa have that donkey (according to NSC) Mings at CB

The Gilmour thing is a bit baffling. RDZ played him against Arsenal & Liverpool in the cups and seemed more than capable the minutes he has had since.

Also an interesting fact that we’ve used the same or more players than Villa & Brentford who just seem to be getting on with it with similar sized and capable squads.

Some of this is a bit silly. Lamptey wasn’t a sick note before we signed him. Welbeck has only missed being in the squad 6 times since his major surgery 18 months ago. Webster yes perhaps but his record wasn’t as bad for ‘niggles’ - only 1 major injury I believe. Sarmiento has missed way too...

Have Villa ? A quick look doesn’t look like it especially. Or Brentford According to the stats we’ve used the same amount of players as Villa, and more than Brentford.