Are Gundogan, Laporte, Mahrez and Palmer missed at all?

Gundo will always be a legend. Mahrez will always be remembered for a sublime first touch - the best I have ever seen or probably will ever see.
Palmer will be remembered for being the typically entitled modern day footballer who demands to be played and refuses to believe the manager knows best.
 
Gundo for sure will be missed for his crucial and iconic goals as well as his consistency.

Mahrez is a PL icon and delivered for us when the chips were down, I will never forget how he carried the team after 2022 WC when other players were either tired, injured or underperforming. I will also never forget that he was pivotal to break CL quarter final curse and paved the way for winning it. His goal and assist in the last game of his first season with us that helped secure our PL title.

Laporte and Palmer are not missed for different reasons. Laporte for his CL slip-ups and Palmer for his short cameos.
 
staffsblue said:
I think we're missing Gundogan's football intelligence. How many times was he always in the right place to score from rebounds or as a counterfoil for our attacking players?
I know it's still early days this season, but I can't see who is going to replace his goals.
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I agree but we're seeing Alvarez, Foden, Doku chipping in with goals. I think we'll be alright but I get your point about intelligence.
 
I certainly felt Gundos absence at wolves on Saturday. I kept thinking of the villa game where he changed it around after coming on as a sub. We needed someone to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.
 
Gundo and Mahrez, yes. We probably win against both Newcastle and Wolves with them still here.

However, we will be fine with what we have.
 
Still too early to tell for me. Gundo I think has been missed so far, but whether he will continue to be missed with Kovacic and Nunes/z getting up to speed we shall see.
 
Mahrez has been badly missed imo. Not having that easy switch of play and guaranteed control really slows our game. He was vastly underrated by many on here so no real surprise the impact he provided is continued to be overlooked.

Gundo, obviously a big miss. His goals from midfield haven't been replaced nor has his control on the game. He would have held the midfield together against wolves and I'd be infinitely more confident this weekend with him in the squad.

Palmer you can't say we miss because he played so little for us I do think he could have made a difference though, he's a better prospect than Bobb who was thrown on to try rescue something against wolves.

Laporte was on the periphery when he left so he won't be missed until we suffer a defensive injury crisis and our lack of options in defence is highlighted.
 
Gundo would be my only miss out of that lot. If KDB and Rodri were available I wouldn’t be too bothered with him gone although I’d prefer him to be still here
 
Yes to Gundogan, and the vital goals from both he and Mahrez.

Time to refresh and give those opportunities for Foden and Alvarez to become the big game winners, and with a bit of luck Doku won't be too far behind.
 
wolfie1988 said:
Gundogan for me will always be a miss. He had something this team can't quite replace. Ability to dictate the pace of game on his own.

The others are replaceable and actually, their replacements make us much more flexible. As we saw tonight, we can switch from control to chaos and change games just like that.
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If we still have Gundogan now, people don't talk as much about missing Rodri like this.
We still miss Rodri, of courses, but Gundogan already played DM position most of the time when we still have Silva and K.D.B and win tons of game like that.
 
Would always be a spot for Gundo. Don’t think we would’ve lost against Wolves with him in the team. The others not so much although Mahrez often contributed.
 
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