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Originally Posted by Empire Man
Start tossing Mason/Chadli/Townsend/Bentaleb into the mix and bit by bit the whole machine breaks down. We're not that deep. The four guys I just listed have some good attributes but none of them is capable of consistently making positive decisions in tough spots.
On this specific point, this is really no different to Arsenal, Liverpool or anyone below the top tier. Arse have Failmini/Arteta and Plop have Joe Allen as their midfield backup; not going to debate who has the better squad players, but clearly there is a drop off from their first choices in most positions.
Good post overall btw, and nice to see i'm not along being high on Dembele this season. Both him and Vertonghen lost their way over the last couple of seasons, but both seem to have stepped up as senior players in this young team.
Son back for the EL game tonight. Poch debating whether to start him. I don't expect him to change a winning team V Arsenal, so it wouldn't surprise me if he started Son up-front, replaced him with N'Jie ~60mins, and rested Kane completely.
Last edited by Elrazor; 11-05-2015 at 02:40 AM.