Yeah fair point Debs and you're absolutely right whoever comes in is likely to get a lot of minutes, especially if we win against Sevilla. Just in those crucial games I'd feel a little more comfortable if we're relying on someone with with a bit more experience under his belt initially.
We know how these new lads can struggle adapting to a new league, putting a whole load of pressure and responsibility on top of that could crush a lad a bit. You never know he could come in and absolutely own the league but it'd just be nice to think there's options (other than what we already have). Could be asking for too much in this window though as we have plenty of holes to fill in this squad to restore balance.
I still think the long term injury situation has skewed our view of the overall squad though Luke. I don't mean you particularly as you've been consistent all season in highlighting it but we've been missing a lot of our 2nd options as well as regular starters.
We've barely had more than 1 striker fit at any given time so we weren't able to rotate much.
We've missed Hendo for most of the season meaning we're a man down in midfield even when he's played. We missed Can at a crucial time of the season, likewise Milner through suspension and Allen and Lucas to injury meaning we had no option but to rely on inexperienced kids.
The regular CBs have been in and out all season too meaning we're rotating with Lucas and Kolo.
Yes we need to strengthen of course we do but hopefully with a fully fit Studge, Hendo, Ings, Gomez along with Firmino and Origi fully settled and integrated plus whoever comes in I believe our rotation options will be much stronger than we've seen this season.
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