Pre Match Liverpool v Leicester
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FIF
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So you think Albrighton is going to start in the majority of games this season then. interesting. I think he'll start in less than half.
Mike - True Blue Tinter
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Are you not understanding the concept of squad rotation?
You have can have 4 or more equally good strikers/wingers that you play any combination of 2 from each match because they cannot keep playing twice a week and maintain peak fitness and be injury free with the correct recovery times.
So if Vardy is rested to the bench in one match and Musa starts, it does not mean Musa has 'replaced' Vardy as first choice striker.
FIF
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Sure I understand squad rotation but I don't agree with your sense of it. I don't believe that we are going to get a 50% timeshare. For me a squad is a deep team where the best will play 75% to 80% of the games and the others will get perhaps 20%.
Even over the next 2 weeks I think we'll go with who CR thinks is best at the moment. It's too early in the season to swap players over when they need the time playing together more than they need a rest.
FIF
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not sure. He won't have had any time with the team will he? Still it would be fun. I can't see Okazaki playing either if he's in his second game of the last few days on Thursday. Can't see him being recovered for Saturday after that and flying back.
No, they played today. Okazaki was an unused substitute.
FIF
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I must've read a poorly researched piece this morning.
FIF
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okay, maybe I misread a well researched article - it's possible.
Miles Away
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That's good news. Legs might not be as gone in time for Saturday.
homer
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When he sits on the bench, next to Albrighton....
Its a puzzle, we have never been here before we as supporters are learning, which players will play who gets rested and when and in which games is the decision of the Manager. We can all argue literally until we are blue in the face, which players should or shouldn't play and all of us will be correct in our own heads. I have no doubt that Ranieri is miles in front of us all, he already knows his best teams for the League,and the Champions League. Injures and form will play a part but the basic sides are already picked.
Micky
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At this stage I think we are too vulnerable to play both musa and mahrez on the wings. I would be certain that Musa will offer nowhere near as much defensively as Albrighton. In terms of Slimani, he may take Okazaki's place but we have no way of knowing this yet. For all we know, he may end up being a useless pile of crap.
Mike - True Blue Tinter
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Ranieri, and nearly all fans, know you cannot play your best 11 for six games in three weeks and hope that they can perform at their best, without fatigue or injury.
Having different types of player such as Slimani and Musa does also give Ranieri tactical options for PL games as well, so we might see Okazaki start a CL match because Slimani played the PL game 3/4 days earlier.
Exciting times!
Having different types of player such as Slimani and Musa does also give Ranieri tactical options for PL games as well, so we might see Okazaki start a CL match because Slimani played the PL game 3/4 days earlier.
Exciting times!
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| P | Pld | Pts | |
| 1 | Liverpool | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester C | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Nottm F | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Brighton | 11 | 19 |
| 7 | Fulham | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle | 11 | 18 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 11 | 18 |
| 10 | Tottenham | 11 | 16 |
| 11 | Brentford | 11 | 16 |
| 12 | Bournemouth | 11 | 15 |
| 13 | Manchester U | 11 | 15 |
| 14 | West Ham | 11 | 12 |
| 15 | Leicester | 11 | 10 |
| 16 | Everton | 11 | 10 |
| 17 | Ipswich | 11 | 8 |
| 18 | Palace | 11 | 7 |
| 19 | Wolves | 11 | 6 |
| 20 | Southampton | 11 | 4 |
