kazza » Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:45 am wrote:I hope we don’t have a Lovren situation with Gini leaving. When Lovren left he was not replaced with the assumption that we had young cover coming through yet last year we saw that he should have been replaced, I see a similar situation with Gini not being replaced. I know we have cover but Keita and Ox are both injury concerns and you can add Hendo to that list, Elliott is untested over the course of a season and Milner is 35 (oh yes, and Shaq is leaving). It seems reckless to wait until we have an injury crisis like last year before we replace Gini and it is almost certain to happen this season. Waiting until next year to save a few bob on a midfielder might be something we my regret.
Possibly mate but we do have numbers there - Fab, Thiago, Hendo, Naby, Milner, AOC, Jones, Elliott not to mention that young lad who impressed in pre season (Clarkson?) so we really would need an injury crisis of epic proportions not to not be able to field a 3 from that lot.