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I was more meaning with the injuries, we had the massive defensive crisis in 2021 where we ended up with midfielders playing out of position there, while that was tricky the rest of the side did still have experienced players available.Originally posted by Doc_Piptorious View PostYes and no.
In terms of the numbers out then maybe yes a bit, but in terms of how fast the games are coming and so on. Well this is our second time being in the hunt for a quad in three seasons so possibly any perceived mistakes we may have made with regards team planning/minute management/psychology etc during the last run at a quad may pay off big time this season.
Have no idea if we will go on to win the quad but my gut feeling is that we have at least one more bit of silverware coming to us this season.
We know we can take the hits and still swing back. We know we can grind out games and also batter teams.
We have a great mix now of players who have won leagues and trophies with us or at their previous clubs along with a very healthy injection of the fearlessness that comes built into many young athletes.
A lot of teams have to be looking at us now and wondering what the hell do they have to do to knock us out of our stride and also thinking about what we are going to be capable of when the senior players start to come back to fitness and get back into the starting XI.
As things stand we only have Elliott and MacAllister as fit midfielders and Gakpo and Diaz as fit forwards with 6 positions in total to fill. Given that 2 of those 4 played 120 mins at the weekend it's unlikely that either will play more than about 45 mins. We could end up playing with only 2 senior players in midfield/forward lines. The defence is less of an issue but even there we are looking at back up GK and possibly an entire second choice back 4.The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.
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