I would guess that Ange said that in public because he wants to piss Werner off and get some kind of reaction out of him.
Look, Spence is not gonna start if he was the only fit player in the squad... I'd love him to start, but Ange don't like him. I get the impression he would rather forfeit the game than play Spence. The midfield is pretty much the only midfield players we have available at the moment. The front line is probably about right. We will obviously have to carry one of Johnson/Son/Werner - picking any one of those three is the same outcome.I'd be in favour of giving Son and Porro a rest before the United game. Neither are playing well atm so I don't even think they will be a loss. Give them a rest and hopefully we see them back in form midweek for the United game which is now our biggest game so far this season. Bergval deserves a start, I think Kulusevski out wide gives us that extra body in midfield which could be light without a natural 6. We have to use Spence or Dorrington here, we don't have the luxury not to given how thin our squad is and the games keep coming every 3 days!
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Spence Gray Dragusin Udogie
Bergval Sarr Maddison
Kulusevski Solanke Johnson