"What a difference a display makes"

Regarding Drinkwater's return, one interesting possibility I've seen mooted is to move Amartey to right back (Simpson's suspended) with Drinkwater coming into CM.

I was interested to hear a rumour over the weekend: At one point late in the Porto match, Hernandez was seen on TV talking to the player he was marking at a corner. One suggestion was that he was asking for a shirt swap at the end of the match; that's obviously not proven but rather disappointing if true, particularly given the situation.

I didn't think that much of it until Saturday, where he didn't even make the bench. Neither did Schlupp, or Ulloa - who has been (understandably) making noises about wanting to move on in January in search of first team football. I wonder whether the management are looking at the squad and giving priority to those who are showing a genuine interest. It could be interesting to see what happens at right back tomorrow evening.

Drinkwater in no question. Right back could be interesting?
Don't suppose Benalouane has played there? Is he still around even??
Actually, it is an outstanding opportunity for someone to impress and put pressure on Simpson.

Any player up for it?

You are right there Dung didn't CR say last week i want players that want to fight for us if not they can go or words to that effect. Moving Amarety if would be unfair to drop him just as he's getting into the grove.

Amartey is still a long way short. I dont remember him making a tackle at all against Man City, so I had a quick look at the stats on whoscored to see how his tackles and interceptions compare (per game averages).

Amartey - tackles: 1.8 interceptions: 1.2

King - tackles: 1.2 interceptions: 1.5

Drinky - tackles: 4.1 interceptions: 1.7

Kante - tackles: 3.1 interceptions: 2.8

This clearly shows that Amartey and King are not performing defensively in the middle of the pitch, DD is having to make more tackles and he should be our playmaker. Lets hope Ndidi can slot in and make a difference.

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Foxy, interesting stats........Kante makes more interceptions and tackles than Amartey and King between them. We now understand why it felt like we were playing 4-5-2 last season, with Kante doing the work of two players. UTF

"I am not going to gloat about those who lost the faith."

Even though with this statement that's exactly what you're doing

Too early for anyone to gloat. It was a great performance but it's all for nothing if we don't turn up at Bournemouth and ship 3 goals

"It was a great performance but it's all for nothing if we don't turn up at Bournemouth and ship 3 goals"

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I like how this can read two ways.

comment by The_Dungeon_Master (U4830)
posted 29 minutes ago
"It was a great performance but it's all for nothing if we don't turn up at Bournemouth and ship 3 goals"

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I like how this can read two ways.
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Actually I hope we don't turn up and concede 3 goals you're right!