Christ on a bike I hope this lad starts at the weekend, Simpson is doggo atm and perhaps omitting him might improve his game. Would like to see Arfa starting as well but that's another thread.
First sub, as long as you still have 3 defenders playing after Tiote comes on.
e.g. if you had a 3-4-3 originally, Tiote wouldn't be able to come on for Huth as that would make it 2-5-3 which isn't allowed.
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Does your first sub come on regardless of position? I.e. Huth didn't play at all, Wilkinson did for a clean sheet. Will Wilkinson come on as its defender for defender, or will Tiote come on as he's the first sub??
Question is, would he endanger the way it 'seems' we're intending to play our football with barfa/cabaye/marveaux etc? With the big lad back would the temptation to hoof it up to him become too great taking cabaye etc out the game? Or would having all that talent behind him allow the big tart to develop other aspects of his game even more? I like to think it would. Opinions?