Because if Tosun and Walcott get injured, or don’t deliver, then we can’t even call on Lookman or Sandro to add natural attacking threat. We are relying on luck rather than options.
Last night helps a lot. If we'd lost I'd be concerned. But now we're sitting reasonably comfortably and there's only 13 games left. Not many really at all.
We have 3 strikers. 3 wide players. 3 out and out Centre mids. Rooney as a deep midfielder or at a push, can play across a front 4. Klassen is still here. Siguurdson can play across the front line. We have 2 right backs and Cuco. We have Baines, Cuco and Garbutt on the left, and Mangala who played there for Porto. We have 5 centre halves with RFM to return in March. Our depth is fine for out schedule. 31 was a very high number, not conducive to good morale or easy for coaches to deal with.
If we get safe by April then a few kids can be given a chance. Then we hopefully reintegrate Lookman Dowell Klassen Onyekuru etc in preseason.