Bench is so thin? We have the deepest squad we've had for a long time.
We've got one of the best British players of recent times on our bench. A twenty four year old who has scored fifty goals for us, played 37 times for England and was in the PFA team of the year two years in a row can't even get on the bench.
having ali in the team is pointless unless you have a playmaker behind him.
jose omitting dele actually serves two purposes, one it gives ndombele a run of games, so no excuses, secondly gives ali a kick up the backside.
What jose has done also by playing sissoko, is he has actually gone against the grain and his own better judgement, hoping that ndombele will show for the ball more once PEH or sissoko has the ball, kane wouldn't be dropping deep 80% of the time, more like 60% of the time,
The hoofball is a result of midfielders not showing for the ball.
One thing that Jose is known to setup is centrebacks and midfield, barring the debacle at old trafford.
Alot of people keep harping on about three in midfield, but for that to work cohesively, you either go the liverpool route, of pressers, to recycle the ball or city's route, of a ball winner, a play maker and a box to box player.
Evertons midfield against us is a perfect example.
Unfortunately we need to buy in this window, personally sanson would be my pick, and if we could call skipp back from his loan, then offload a host of players, lucas, winks and sissoko as starters,
Then having three players fighting for the third midfield spot or attacking midfield centre role till summer.
Even if poch was here, his high pressing would leave us shocklingly open in midfield, and unlikely no place for ali,