thfcsteff
Garth Crooks
Simply a poor excuse. Injuries are no different to any other season. Last season we had Ryan Nelson and Saha playing due to injuries, vdv was always missing games. There will never be a time when we have everyone fit. The year Luka and Lennon were out long term also had other injuries.
I would have thought Adebayor would be the biggest loss in terms of reducing team performance, but some of our worst results have been on the occasion when he was on the bench. Not that I'm convinced he would have started all games anyway when you see AVB selecting Defoe up front on his own.
In quite a few positions its a close call as to who is better anyway. Parker is out but I'm not convinced he would play. BAE is out but Vert has done a fine job at LB.
I think AVB likes Gallas so I don't know who the first choice back 4 would be.
Either way, performances with the team we put out should not be this poor. Poor results but good performance means you can't really blame the manager, we are doing ok points wise but fans are hating what the current manager is doing.
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