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Why does he insist on playing Anita at RB? What qualities does he possess that make him a good fill-in there? I'm genuinely curious

 

He started his career there at Ajax iirc

 

With no Janmaat or Santon there's no real option, we've seen MYM doesn't work there.

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Where is Santon?

 

Where is Janmaat?

 

@lee_ryder  ·  35m

Janmaat trained this morning, will be integrated in next couple of friendly games #nufc

And yet the guy who signed this morning, is on the bench.

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What's with Obertan starting every game, this supposed to be "his season" or something?

 

Apparently Pardew wanted to move him on, but after a goal and an assist in two games. Hes first name on the team sheet :D

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Sissoko and Gouffran playing in their best positions might be the best thing about this. Hopefully they show it.

 

Or if they don't, it's back to the wing. :laugh:

 

They'll be back on the wing even if they play well, don't worry

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Where is Santon?

 

Where is Janmaat?

 

@lee_ryder  ·  35m

Janmaat trained this morning, will be integrated in next couple of friendly games #nufc

And yet the guy who signed this morning, is on the bench.

 

Tbf Shakhtar's done with pre-season and the Ukrainian season has kicked off.

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By this stage of preseason wouldn't you normally expect to see something resembling your starting XI (I know they played yesterday), or is it all about fitness, and if so, why give starts to the likes of Obertan who is unlikely to feature much anyway?

 

It's a bit weird to be playing these matches so close to each other so late. You really have to play makeshift teams. We did it earlier in the preseason and just have the Celtic match and the Schalke match spaced out so we can have the same team in both.

 

Of course, if you had a stronger depth of squad it probably wouldn't matter so much.

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