It's funny, isn't it, have we all have a fear of the 'norm' - even after all this time.
'We need a centre forward' - season without and we win stuff.
'We need a proper left back' season without and we win stuff.
'Wtf! 4 centrehalfs - we'll get torn apart down the wings'
'We need only one cdm - they can't do anything else!'
There are a number of things we can rely on. 1 Pep doesn't do random, he has a plan. 2 We won't always see it straight off. 3 We will win shit.
As strange as it may seem, and we don't know how real the Rice thing is yet, if we have Rods, Rice and Phillips on board next season, Pep already knows how it will work.
Have a little faith - we owe him that.