Our present squad

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Raid is out for at least 5 to 6 months and Doucoure is not even on the radar for any return.

Couple of injuries which we will inevitably get will put huge pressure on this small squad playing twice a week across 4 competitions.

Riad and Doucoure both back in November touch wood
Nketiah October
Sarr 4-6 weeks
Wharton not sure

So i would like to see this line up for our next match:

Henderson
Muñoz
Richards
Lacroix
Guéhi
Mitchell
Kamada
Hughes
Esse
Pino
Mateta

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1963701580114362528

 

[wilelliott88]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1963701580114362528

I like him, no idea where his best position is, but if he picks his confidence up, weve got a player!! Certainly better than other outfield players weve signed from that side of the border (Dorman, Goodwill etc.)!

 

[Team of the (20)80s]

I like him, no idea where his best position is, but if he picks his confidence up, weve got a player!! Certainly better than other outfield players weve signed from that side of the border (Dorman, Goodwill etc.)!

Interesting that he was playing left wing back for his country. I hadn’t thought about him as an option there.
He’s a decent 21 year old with potential.

 

[Fanofzhiyi]

Riad and Doucoure both back in November touch wood
Nketiah October
Sarr 4-6 weeks
Wharton not sure

So i would like to see this line up for our next match:

Henderson
Muñoz
Richards
Lacroix
Guéhi
Mitchell
Kamada
Hughes
Esse
Pino
Mateta

I’d expect lerma with Hughes and Kamada - mateta and if back from injury Yeremy as the front three.

A decent team, hopefully our tactics beat Sunderland as that would be a huge win for us. A strong start would be season defining

 

[pssguy]

Interesting that he was playing left wing back for his country. I hadn’t thought about him as an option there.
He’s a decent 21 year old with potential.

He will be 3rd choice there but I could also see him as the left sided midfielder if we ever went to a 4-3-3 (which could be next season at the latest). Certainly a very useful utility player
He looked very assured and you could see he was used to playing with a higher standard of player. Took his goal well with the right foot and had a cracking direct free kick that hit the bar with the keeper beaten. He may be the best for that role in the squad now Olise and Eze have left.
It will be interesting to see how he fares against Germany

 

[Helmet46]

Riad and Doucoure both back in November touch wood
Nketiah October
Sarr 4-6 weeks
Wharton not sure

So i would like to see this line up for our next match:

Henderson
Muñoz
Richards
Lacroix
Guéhi
Mitchell
Kamada
Hughes
Esse
Pino
Mateta

If Doucoure is back in November I’m rather surprised that he’s not in the Conference squad. That points to a continued injury that’s a little more serious to me.

 

[pssguy]

I missed this when it came out recently. Latest Opta global rankings
Pretty amazing and probably down to our recent record against top teams

 

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Interesting that he was playing left wing back for his country. I hadn’t thought about him as an option there.
He’s a decent 21 year old with potential.

I notice that, i do like him 👍

 

[doombear]

If Doucoure is back in November I’m rather surprised that he’s not in the Conference squad. That points to a continued injury that’s a little more serious to me.

I suspect it was going to be either Riad or Doucoure given the necessity to include Rak-Sakyi and Kporha as club grown players. Our need for CB back-up is probably greater than that of midfield back-up hence Riad got the nod. I don't think there's more than that in it but I could be wrong.

 

[Helmet46]

I suspect it was going to be either Riad or Doucoure given the necessity to include Rak-Sakyi and Kporha as club grown players. Our need for CB back-up is probably greater than that of midfield back-up hence Riad got the nod. I don't think there's more than that in it but I could be wrong.

No, that’s a good shout and probably pretty accurate. I didn’t think of that.

 

[ASCPFC]

I missed this when it came out recently. Latest Opta global rankings
Pretty amazing and probably down to our recent record against top teams

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If true, it shows just how silly the rankings are. Liverpool better than PSG? Us between Bayern and Inter? Ok. Man City right up there? It's more of a laugh than anything else. 9th best team in the world?
We should use our reserves for the Conference League, win that, win a cup and finish in the Champions League spots easily. We've an outside chance of a treble.