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It's load management too. He played 180 minutes for Italy while Longstaff hasn't played in two weeks. Sucks for us but that's international football.

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2 minutes ago, Pata said:

It's load management too. He played 180 minutes for Italy while Longstaff hasn't played in two weeks. Sucks for us but that's international football.

That’s not the reason he isn’t starting mind.

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4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

That’s not the reason he isn’t starting mind.

 

I would be shocked if it isn't playing a part in the decision like.

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9 minutes ago, Pata said:

It's load management too. He played 180 minutes for Italy while Longstaff hasn't played in two weeks. Sucks for us but that's international football.

 

Think it was the first of three International breaks, Tonali played 180 minutes for Italy, didn't play for 7 days and still didn't start for us then mind so don't think it's load management at all.

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15 minutes ago, Pata said:

 

I would be shocked if it isn't playing a part in the decision like.

 

 

He has been available to play since august. It's rare that any player gets benched due to international games, let alone one that played in Europe. There's no reason to manage minutes anymore, it's purely going with the winning team, and going with who he trusts from the past.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Pilko said:

Good of us to pay his wages for a year whilst he was unavailable and keep him fit so he can play full nineties for Italy and 25 min cameos for us, like.

 

But Longstaff!

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He's been here 18 months. Even if you take his suspension last season into account, we're now nearly half way through the season and he's still not starting. No justification any more.

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We'd have created much more in that first half if he was on. Its getting ridiculous now. Tonali was brilliant for Milan and helped them get to a CL semi-final the season before signing for us and he can't get into our team over fucking Longstaff? I'm sick of this notion that we only win with Longstaff in the team. If that's genuinely the case then Howe doesn't know how to get the best out of Tonali because they aren't even on the same universe for talent. 

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5 minutes ago, Decky said:

We'd have created much more in that first half if he was on. Its getting ridiculous now. Tonali was brilliant for Milan and helped them get to a CL semi-final the season before signing for us and he can't get into our team over fucking Longstaff? I'm sick of this notion that we only win with Longstaff in the team. If that's genuinely the case then Howe doesn't know how to get the best out of Tonali because they aren't even on the same universe for talent. 

 

Think we put more together that first half if he starts. Incredibly frustrating.

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