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Could be it yeah, it is certainly a bigger scar then usual which could indicate repairing other structures but doing ball work already is bery promising, he is what.. 2-3 months in ? Many professionals return after 5/6 months these days and there is actually a growing movement of those that carry on without an ACL at all, completely different levels I know but Ive played without one for about 3 years now, McGregor fought without one, theres NFL footballers with none at all etc Crazy how the science moves on

Looking forward to seeing where we are as far as a squad after the Leeds/Leicester reactions… we simply cannot afford to ‘react’ after being a goal down we need to be up for it from the get go Utd will be bouyant after their win on Monday, so lets hope it turns into complacency We simply have to start Che Adams. He is not only in form but integral to our build up play, other than that I wouldn’t be looking to change too much from Saturday —- ———Bazunu—————- KWP - ABK - Salisu - Djenepo ———--Lavia —- JWP——— —Aribo——————-S Armstrong ——-Che Adams—-Mara———- Potentially play Ely infront of Djenepo… I know he doesn’t add a lot offensively and he is a bit boring but what he does is offers an effective aid on the left side in front of a weak LB and until we have a LB that we can rely on defensively

The classic shark bite or knife fight eh

The scar is actually quite interesting and tbh indicates he probably had more issues then just his ACL, with purely ACL you get a couple of smaller key hole scars but the 5 inch lateral scar down his knee I think probably points to meniscus damsge too… not that that means anything really, it should heal quicker than the ACL tear Lets hope the kud bounces back quickly, ACL tears are as big mentally as they are physically but realistically he has youth on his side with this

Poor touch in the build up too if Im being picky Id prefer Kaladjzic tbh

Left I think… yeah can be but rehab is pretty advanced these days, many get back without surgery even

Having been through a couple of ACLs him doing ball work is encouraging, hopefully he’ll be back by post WC

I think he is certainly a good option, played 20 games last year and looked good in most of them Can play CB and CDM.. can’t see us signing him unless we move a CB on though Stats look promising, especially in possession and his defensive stats match that of his Chelsea comrades https://fbref.com/en/players/5515376c/Trevoh-Chalobah

It is and it isn’t It’s all easy when you’re playing well and winning games, it’ll be a lot different when they have to dig in but overall you sort of think they’ll have more in their armoury then Fulham/Bournemouth

Left back… yeah he wouldn’t be awful, gives us next to no experience though in our defence

I kind of feel like they’ve bought enough really, because the team looks… short term anyway… like they are gelled enough The real litmus test will be if they have a period of bad form, how do they respond Its almost certainly a risk though, and there are no way half of these aren’t on some form of relegation clauses though surely?

FWIW I was saying Andersen before he went to Fulham permanently, Ajer before Brentford stayed up and then Collins… they are all the mould we need, intelligent, ball playing CBs ABK looks like he could be that VVD mould, strong, quick and technically proficient

Agree with everything you say Delighted with the prospect and potential of a Salusi/ABK partnership, I also think if we can replace Bednarek with a replacement we should, in my mind that replacement should 100% be a more experienced CB that can directly challenge for a first 11 spot without causing too much damage to ABK/Salisu pathways The vitriol that Bednarek is getting is completely unwarranted

Because he isn’t anywhere near as bad as the bedwetters on here make out, and he was made a scapegoat by fans who couldn’t recognise quite how suicidal our late season tactics were, because before that Bednarek was absolutely fine defensively and then was trying to fight fires in a backline that consistently found themselves overloaded and under pressure Mee/Tarkowski/Coady/Collins/Colwill I agree with but like I said, aren’t attainable considering they’ve moved Bailly is consistently injured, Tanganga/Chalobah are inexperienced, Soyuncu was awful last year and can’t get into the Leicester back line over a midfielder The others we just aren’t signing are we, Id love Adersen or Ajer here but its not happening so yeah… like I said, there isn’t a dozen attainable CBs in the prem for us as a replacement at all Europe is different of course, but that wasn’t the qoute you responded to

If you think Lyanco and Stephens are better defensively than Bednarek then I’m not sure what to say 😂 I do think we should of gone for Mee/Tarkowski… they improve on all 3 of our CBs imo.. Coady definitely improves on JB… Im not sure Holding does at all Im sure there are alternatives abroad, Ive spoken about 3 already in Brooks, Zagadou or Denayer.. all available on a free or Caletta-Car for a fee.. but that wasn’t the original question about the qoute Likd it of not Bednarek is our 3rd best CB, which is why WHU/Villa/Everton have been apparently interested in him and only Watford are looking at Stephens So my point stands, if we can get a suitable replacement then sell, if not than selling makes no sense outside of seeing a few of our fans happy that their scapegoat has gone

You’re ignoring my question… who is available and better than him as a back up ? Ive never said he is first choice

This is where I am, on here you give any sort of positivity towards him you get murdered Still waiting on the names for attainable prem CBs that were better than him…. In fairness if we have a target in mind that we can improve on him with Im all for it, I do think he needs to move on.. but the clamour to move him on just for the sake of it is absolute nonsense… he is still better than Lyanco/Valary/Stephens

The second was almost a carbon copy of the winner vs Spurs

Well I can’t see them wanting Stephens now tbh Could push Villa to push for JB I suppose

I never said it about Vestergaard, he was a terrible CB that covers his inadequacy because he is very good on both feet We robbed Leicester for Vestergaard for 15m Bednarek isn’t a terrible defender, nobody got out of the end of last year with any credit but Bednarek was the scapegoat despite the fact tactically we were suicidal

Its almost as if most people in the game realise he isn’t as bad as is made out on here isn’t it

Linked to Aarons again on twitter Not sure what to make of it, he is a fantastic young RB… but if we bring him in then we will have 3 first 11 RBs under 25 on the books Could work if we see KWPs long term future here as a LB maybe ? Otherwise Im not sure about it

He does play like this every game, he just doesn’t always get goals FWIW I loved his display as much because he affects and changed the game with his hold up as much as he did with his goals Thats the difference

Yeah think so, I mean, if Garner is available then go for it, we’ve been ling term admirers and potentially Romeu wants a move back to Spain so it makes sense My point was if there is no movement in or out there this window its not the end of the world, we have cover