He needs complete backing (or at least. 90% of the time with his targers (I mean if he wanted arnautovic, then that 10% is fine to say no
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But he needs to be allowed to bring in the options that will work for his system.
Look at the difference between the first team and second team.
DDG
Dalot Varane Martinez Shaw
Casemiro Eriksen
Anthony Bruno Rashford
Martial
Dubravka
AWB Lindelof Maguire Malacia
McT, Fred
VDB
Elanga Ronaldo Sancho/Garnacho
For sub / alternative we are ok at GK, LB, LW.
But we saw yesterday and weekend what happens when we have to play that midfield from second choice.
Our right has no alt. so we fling Bruno there. Sancho isnt it unfortunately.
Up top Ronaldo isnt good enough and / or we have to move Rashford there. We have no real RB replacement.
If hes helpe with a squad, then we dont have to overwork and rely on Eriksen for that midfield role, or putting people out of position to get something going.
We have Jones, Bailly, Tuanzebe, Lindelof and Maguire as our backup CBs. We have too many on the books and 3 or 4 need to go and we bring in somebody there (but not priority)
Striker is a priority. I think we do need a good midfielder also.
The lack of good enough replacements shows why ETH tries to keep the first team players as much as he can even if losing or things are not going our way. There is a huge downgrade especially in midfield when we have to chase or control a game.