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Hopefully it means the end of his little Can midfield experiment. I also hope he ends the Lucas experiment ASAP, he had a good game today but he will still struggle in many others. But the long rest before the trip to Leicester is very welcome, they'll have no excuses for supposed fatigue.
Yeah the key thing is looking for players that can either improve the team or at least give current starting players a big run of their money. The problem is many fans don't realise that it's impossible to achieve that with haste. They throw their arms in the air about why this wasn't achieved in August, with the implication that we should've bought, what, at least 12 players in that window? And they are equally naive with their expecations for the January window. It's really hard to sign players for the role of *competitive* squad depth when players only typically move in January for more regular football. They'll point to the likes of Coutinho, Suarez and Sturridge as proof it can be done, but they were signed as immediate starters, which made it a lot easier to lure them in.
They're f**king infuriating, aren't they? For all of the lack of plan B and etc, the players' group mentality has to be strongly questioned. They should have enough resolve to overcome such teams.16 days to get ready for the match and they serve up that load of tripe?
I know, I guess it just depends on how much you agree with cb4''s interpretation of the Gomez recovery management. Cb4 is a physio so he's not just any random opinion. But regardless, Matip should have done a lot better to prevent that. He should have been marking Vardy from the start, and should have been covering Lucas.
