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Just now, nemtizz said:

I know Bruno and Tonali are aesthetically better and might have bigger moments than him but I think he's the hardest of the 3 to replace, as frustrating as he can be.


Not sure about hardest to replace but we certainly look a lot worse without him starting.

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1 minute ago, McCormick said:


Not sure about hardest to replace but we certainly look a lot worse without him starting.

 

I know most won't agree and that's fair but good luck finding a player of his profile.

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1 minute ago, McCormick said:


Not sure about hardest to replace but we certainly look a lot worse without him starting.

He is like mate. 

He offers us so much and you can easily forget that even when he's not playing fully fit. When he is out you notice the difference straight away. 

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15 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

 

I know most won't agree and that's fair but good luck finding a player of his profile.

We dont need to find the same player, but having Willock and Longstaff as backup is not good enough. Leaving Miley out of the conversation.

 

 

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Spent all that time toeing the line so he didn’t get a 2 game suspension, to end up with us getting battered off Villa in one of the games he would have missed, and then missing the rest of the season regardless.

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7 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Would love him to be available, but we have had plenty of similar performances with him in the side this season.


100%. What we needed today in midfield was better ball retention of a bit of creativity. Admittedly I think he’d have  functioned better with Tonali and Bruno than Willock did. 

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1 minute ago, Ronaldo said:


100%. What we needed today in midfield was better ball retention of a bit of creativity. Admittedly I think he’d have  functioned better with Tonali and Bruno than [bWillock[/b] did. 

 

If Tonali and Bruno aren't dictating or creating then they aren't doing enough.

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17 hours ago, McCormick said:


Not sure about hardest to replace but we certainly look a lot worse without him starting.

 

 

I think he is the hardest to replace because he's not just a midfielder, he combines that with givins us width on the left as well. The only other natural player who can do that is Willock, and he doesn't have the same combative strength in midfield.

 

Tonali or Bruno you could arguably replace in the side with Miley or Longstaff. Obviously a step down but it's at least like for like.

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He's too vital to take risks with his long term health, I've said it many time before I don't really see another player in European football that brings what he does to the side and he and us have taken too many risks with his knee injury as it is. I'd rather we got there without him and have him fit and firing for next season.  

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