21 Feb 2024 07:13:24
Allison, Trent, Jones, Szobo, Thiago, Jota, Matip all out. Salah and Darwin both a concern.
The fact that we can still put a decent team out out is testament to the Stirling work Klopp has done. All other teams except City would just crumble in my opinion. By far the strongest squad we have ever had. Still need a few back ASAP and NO MORE INJURIES! We've had our fill, time to spread the love and see how City and Arsenal cope with 7/ 9 first team players out. It's only fair ?.
21 Feb 2024 07:21:34
Think credit must go to the younger players for stepping up and proving their worth but I do agree other than City other sides would falter
Up the pool.
21 Feb 2024 07:29:02
Completely agree Irish mate. We have had quite a number of injuries and despite that, the team we have been able to field can still beat any team in the league on our day. That’s fairly impressive I have to say. The injuries are now piling up but having Bajcetic back in full training last week with Szobo and Trent to return to first team training either this week or next would be a welcome boost. And of course the return of Bradley has really helped. If Salah and Nunez are back this week, maybe tonight. Then we should have enough to win all our games until the injury list eases mid to tail end of March. And yes, I’m including the City game in that statement.
21 Feb 2024 07:50:34
City and Arsenal have had big players missing it’s not just us.
21 Feb 2024 08:51:24
@Alonso, I think Baj is not yet back in full training. He's still following an individualized programme and has not yet joined the rest of the first team for training. I'm hoping that Salah and Nunez are back for the Cup final, if not the Luton game.
21 Feb 2024 08:54:31
scouse john L8 - you are right, Arsenal have had big players missing, as have other teams. They certainly have not had 7/ 8 big first team players all out at the same time.
We lost all our first choice strike force in one go last weekend.
Let's face it, the timing is not good.
21 Feb 2024 11:17:37
Scouse john L8, which big players are missing for City? And how many are they compared to ours?
21 Feb 2024 12:22:10
To be fair Thiago and Baj will manage 11 minutes between them this season. I don’t think that they should be considered as part of the first team squad this season. At least Baj has youth on his side.
21 Feb 2024 12:43:33
@Oli, I do like you as a poster but I think you'd need to read Scouse John's post a bit better. He said City "have had" big players missing. He's not talking currently. And so far this season, City have had Haaland, De Bruyne, Kovacic, Grealish, Ederson, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Ake, Stones, and Doku missing at one point or another. They did have a blip earlier this season but they are mostly back now with most of their players fit. I think currently only Gvardiol and Grealish are missing but they have had big name players out for a few games this season already. It's unfortunate that ours is happening now.