Sven Botman: "ahead of schedule" (Tindall)

[Displayname]

4 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Disagree, looked plenty up to speed when he came back in after a much longer lay-off. He was fantastic both legs of the semi against Arsenal. He's easily one of our best players, if he's fit then he should play. 

I remember him having a few dodgy moments when he first came back, didn’t take long for him to catch up though, I agree with that.

Our CB pairing has been working out pretty well lately so I just don’t see the point of taking the chance unless we already have the game in the bag.

[Theregulars]

3 minutes ago, Displayname said:

I remember him having a few dodgy moments when he first came back, didn’t take long for him to catch up though, I agree with that.

Our CB pairing has been working out pretty well lately so I just don’t see the point of taking the chance unless we already have the game in the bag.

Nice problem to have! certainly you’d not drop either of Schär or Burn right now on form. 

[Displayname]

8 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Nice problem to have! certainly you’d not drop either of Schär or Burn right now on form. 

I wouldn’t drop them and I wouldn’t sub them out either in a game that was still in play. 
Don’t get me wrong, having Botman back is fantastic news. But for me that’s mostly because we would have been fucked if Schär or Burn got injured.

 

*Might consider a 5 man defence to see out a game though.

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Displayname

[et tu brute]

9 hours ago, buzza said:

Botman is 100% the better defender out of the two. Drip feed him minutes and maybe a couple of 60 min run outs nearer end of season

Forget his defensive work, he is also an excellent passer of the ball and we have missed him feeding the through ball to our midfielders. Just prey that he has a period where he is injury free as he's still at a good age 

[t00nt00n313]

I bet some of the people who are saying we shouldn't play him and should keep burn/schar on will be changing their tune really quickly if we lose a couple or our next games.