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  • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Given our injury situation at the moment, I will be extremely disappointed if he doesn’t put at least three academy players in for the cup tie. It would be disastrous to have everything cascade into more injuries.

    • MHPengwingz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I do believe the PL2 team have played teams of that level in the Pizza Cup, they certainly can hold their own.

      • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        As much as I’m upset that we suddenly have so many players injured, we should be able to field an academy team + Gabriel and Saliba and do just fine.

        • Astrealix@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          You would risk Gabriel and Saliba?

          Given that Neto is cup-tied, I’d play

          Setford (or Raya)
          Nichols - Timber - Kiwior - Tierney (if fit, move MLS here if not)
          Nwaneri - Jorginho - MLS (or Salah-Eddine if MLS needs to play LB)
          Sterling - Edwards - Butler-Oyedeji (or maybe Martinelli for form)

          • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I was referring to the Spuds game, not the cup tie. But yeah, for the Bolton match your lineup looks good. I think there’s something to be said for letting Setford have a go. We’re never going to sus out whether he’s got elite potential if we don’t put him in those situations now.