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Rodrigo Bentancur

djp82 said:
Not sure that brings me much comfort. As much as we’ve spent our recruitment looks really poor. CM and CB looks really week beyond a couple of players.
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It's quite unusual to have your two best CMs out for 6 weeks. You can't really plan for that. Having 5 senior CMs in the squad for such an eventuality is sensible however/I'm glad we didn't loan out either Sarr or Skipp.

Devine and John have also been around the senior squad for a while now, and Dier could revert back there if need be.
 
Has there been any comment about what Bentancur's injury actually is and how long he'll miss?

Without him, there's a lot more onus on the WB's to create
 
As soon as Bentancur went down, you could see it was a serious issue so I just assumed "knee ligament tear/rupture" and realised with Bissouma out we're looking at Sarr and Skipp.

That COULD be a silver lining i.e. how will Sarr and Skipp ever make their breakthrough if they never get a proper chance... maybe they will go on to shine... but that is a thin silver lining, Bentancur is an exceptionally good player.

I immediately put £100 on Leicester, 3-1 down, and won a massive £14. I plan to invest that £14 now and will buy Osimhen for Spurs in the summer, assuming decent interest rates.
 
Bullet said:
As soon as Bentancur went down, you could see it was a serious issue so I just assumed "knee ligament tear/rupture" and realised with Bissouma out we're looking at Sarr and Skipp.

That COULD be a silver lining i.e. how will Sarr and Skipp ever make their breakthrough if they never get a proper chance... maybe they will go on to shine... but that is a thin silver lining, Bentancur is an exceptionally good player.

I immediately put £100 on Leicester, 3-1 down, and won a massive £14. I plan to invest that £14 now and will buy Osimhen for Spurs in the summer, assuming decent interest rates.
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Knowing Conte, he'll probably play Lenglet in CM to avoid having to play someone under 25.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Knowing Conte, he'll probably play Lenglet in CM to avoid having to play someone under 25.
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And that's the rub, Bentancur will be a big miss for sure but those with longer memories remember Skipp being superb for us after a run of games at Norwich which is what all players need to play at their best. But as you say, with a reticence to give the fringe games it compounds injuries to the likes of Bentancur

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Gutter Boy said:
It's quite unusual to have your two best CMs out for 6 weeks. You can't really plan for that. Having 5 senior CMs in the squad for such an eventuality is sensible however/I'm glad we didn't loan out either Sarr or Skipp.

Devine and John have also been around the senior squad for a while now, and Dier could revert back there if need be.
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Our two best CMs?
 
Devastating news :( Feels like everything is falling apart now.

We really nee to switch to three in the middle now - Hojbjerg - Skipp/Sarr not good enough to cover enough ground against most teams who pack the midfield.

4-3-3 for me but since that will never happen since Conte prefers a back three I can live with a 3-5-2 as well. Bench Peresic, Son and Dier these three players have been atrocious whole season and especially since after the world cup.

Kane - Richarlisson on top!
 
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