Who were we missing tonight realistically from our best eleven, 4 players through injury?
Romero, VDV, Maddison, Bentancur.
Everyone else was pretty much first choice imo, or in due to a self inflicted suspension. It’s overblown.
We were crap tonight because Son and Kulu were crap.
come on mate, get the game was frustrating
Romero & VDV in that game, neither open play goals happen (someone would come out and closed), highly likely at least one of the penalties doesn't happen, and between Bentancur (controlling midfield) and VDV's covering pace, they lose half their counter opps. Put Maddison in and you would get a few more (improved) final balls that Richi would have put away.
Your two CB's, your two best midfielders, matter.
Brighton while similar re total count (of injuries) have been buying players for a system for 3 years now, the quality on bench might drop but not suitability for the system (several of their key players were on bench on way back). Our backup players (Dier/PEH/Skipp) don't suit the system