I think we may be arguing two separate points here. I am speaking about our specific run in to close the PL season out. We are only in one competition now, the PL, and giving Bergwijn more minutes absolutely does come at the expense of another player receiving less minutes. That player would most likely be Lucas.Ù
Stateside Spur I was not talking specifically to either of you. I was speaking to the issue of people constantly pitting Son against Kane and Lucas against Bergwijn.
to your point about minutes your just wrong its a logical fallacy to say more minutes come directly at another players expense in the context of me saying he needs more game time. These things are not exclusive.
Conte said himself our cup failures cost him time. If you want something to pin it on, this is as valid as framing it as player A vs player B.
Football is a squad game and part of our clubs problem has in large part been our inability to recognise this for what it is. The horrible Levynomics narrative of "No one wants to come here to compete against Harry Kane" is so facile its a joke the person its damaged the most is Harry Kane. Man United won the ECL with a front four of Cole, Yorke Sheringham Solskar. At one point in the not distant past we had Defoe Bent Berbatov Keane. This is how you win.
Edit: forgive me if I attributed your points tge wrong way round.
At the macro level, I 100% agree with you. Next year, when we are in the CL (hopefully) or Europa League, we can spread minutes out to the whole squad. This is why I really hope Bergwijn sticks around. Should we finish top 4, we will have plenty of game time to give him. Deki, Kane and Son would be starting every CL match if fit and we will need Bergwijn to start in the PL at times. Whether he takes his chances and pushes for a starting XI spot is totally up to him.