I think Lampard will play Onyeka alongside Grimes. I just can't see FL resting Grimes even if it's blatantly obvious to every man and his dog that Grimes is running on fumes and other midfielders have performed better than him recently.
So it's rumour. If he's telling the truth he's heard that Epstein recorded everything. He doesn't actually know that.
And even then it still shows that he was aware of what was going on and as the richest and one of the most powerful men in the world why didn't he do more to stop it?
If what...
Personally I would. Not because I think Grimes is suddenly terrible, I just think fatigue has properly set in and he needs a proper rest for a few games. I'd have Onyeka slightly deeper than Eccles, with Rudoni ahead of them, but telling him not to float out to the wings. Having Torp and Grimes...
His win percentage is good but I think he's far too maverick for this level. Could see him losing the dressing room and randomly falling out with people, including the owner.
I say one must win, one must not lose. Doesn't matter too much which, though probably would be better to beat Boro admittedly and drawing at home to Oxford which would probably see us lose top spot wouldn't be great preparation.
The thing about that that's really odd is that Simms was on a massive goalscoring run, his performances were reflecting that confidence and Wright is barely recovered from an injury and comes straight back in.
We then persist with him through a long barren spell where he's not influencing...
Especially if we take the lead. How hard is it to tell the fullbacks to not be virtually stepping on the toes of the wingers and the CB's to not be defending 5 yards into the opposition half?
Everyone drop 5-10 yards and make them play through us, then try and hit them on the break with the...
But has he been playing in teams that require him to put in some much effort and take on so much of the defensive midfield duties?
And how often has in been in this position, as leader of a team top of the division?
It's very possible he's both physically and mentally fatigued.
About six months in people would start to be worried about the format and it not being as good, but hopefully they'll turn it around. Then a couple of months later it gets shifted to BBC2.
Well why don't teams split the transfer budget? Set a percentage up for now, which the manager has a big say in, and part set aside for longer term projects? You can obviously change the split depending on a season (e.g. if you're looking strong for promotion and need some additions to bolster...