i thought laporte would be the one to go.We are going to sell one of them next summer, maintaining 5 CB for next season is nightmare.
i thought laporte would be the one to go.We are going to sell one of them next summer, maintaining 5 CB for next season is nightmare.
It’s looking more and more like that. It seems to be only him and Ake that can’t stay fit.Doubt it's about luck. Either he isn't a great athlete or he isn't sufficiently professional off the pitch to be in a top physical shape. For 6 years since moving to City he's had only one relatively injury free season, 20/21. Shame, he's a very good CB when fit.
Not really, because we'll almost never have all 5 fit.
If we do its for a short period of time, I can't honestly remember any recent time where we had say 4 fit CBs for more than 2 months for a LONG time.
AgreedMadness giving John a 5 year contract last year. Great player when fit but he isn't fit anywhere near enough.
Right but your making a point that I am not even talking about. 5 seems to be a good balance if we nearly continually have 2 CBs out, that's why we don't need more.Why only 5, why not 6 7 8 just to make sure we are not short of CB because recurring injury? You see what i am getting at?
Right but your making a point that I am not even talking about. 5 seems to be a good balance if we nearly continually have 2 CBs out, that's why we don't need more.
We have these CBs, their with us right now. Maybe we sell some of them for potentially fitter ones I never said we won't do that in the future... but then again, how often is it we buy someone who is rarely injured who comes here and now succombs to injuries, happens more than you think considering how demanding it is playing for us.
And the fact is CB is simply not a position we can skimp on, when we were forced to play Dinho that one season there, we lost a DM and gained an inferior CB, its a position we need experience in. Every other position on the pitch (other than goalie) has way more flexibility in moving personell around.