Just really awful luck. We've got 4 really good centre-backs and they all have their flaws and some work better together than others, but for any given game I'm not particularly worried which 2 of the 4 are playing. I might have my preferences but I trust them all to do a job.
So finding ourselves facing the end of the season with only 1 of them fully fit is a bitter pill to swallow.
We know John was rushed back as a result of the injury to Kyle, but I wonder to what extent Ruben also had to come back quicker than his body needed. Can't even blame the squad size for this one as 4 CBs should be plenty. It's just terrible timing that the injuries have coincided like this.
We'll miss Kyle too of course, but I feel relatively comfortable with Cancelo and Zinchenko as our fullbacks against the remaining opponents.
So finding ourselves facing the end of the season with only 1 of them fully fit is a bitter pill to swallow.
We know John was rushed back as a result of the injury to Kyle, but I wonder to what extent Ruben also had to come back quicker than his body needed. Can't even blame the squad size for this one as 4 CBs should be plenty. It's just terrible timing that the injuries have coincided like this.
We'll miss Kyle too of course, but I feel relatively comfortable with Cancelo and Zinchenko as our fullbacks against the remaining opponents.