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Players need time on the pitch to regain their form after coming back from a long injury. What don't you get.
Bentancur injury prone?
He'll never get back to match fitness/sharpness if he isn't played.
What I'm saying is that if a player is underperforming since coming back from an injury, and keeps getting subbed on/off, with only a handful of games left to play, be as well drop him until the following season.
Yes and he can use the pre-season matches to get sharp again for next season, it's not like we're short on MFs. Surely for the sake of the team not the one player.
Pre season is to get fitness levels back after the Summer lay off, but only competitive matches will sharpen you to peak.
Yeah we should have given his minutes to Skipp, who wouldn't have done a better job and is of a different profile anyways, and to Lo Celso who would have gotten injured 5 mins in...
Both Bentancur and Maddison have looked much better in the last two games in my view. But yes, we arguably should have been giving them substitute minutes to begin with. Part of the problem there was the rest of our midfield was either underperforming (Skipp, Bissouma, Sarr) or not being used (Gio).
Well if you think an underperforming Bentancur is better than who we play in his place (when he was injured) now that he's back and off form, then fair enough.
It’s no surprise based on the poster who said it
Well let's see if he plays today, personally I don't see the point in it but he'll probably prove me wrong if he does play.
It doesn't really matter who we played when he was injured given that since his return, those players have been playing at a similar level to him. Sarr, Biss and Skipp have neither been much better nor worse than him overall this second half of the season.
All I'm saying is after that tackle by Matty Cash his season has been over. He's a shadow of the player that he was. So we're playing him this season to help him to recover for next season. Fair enough but that doesn't help the team this season.
The second half of the season has been mainly shit but just focusing on Bentancur, I just hope his career hasn't dropped overall. It might just be me not paying enough attention but he was very good at beating the press and also making driving runs. That's what I liked best about him, he doesn't seem to be doing it.
Okay you've won this debate, I'll get you next time!!
Yep. Would love to have peak Bentancur back playing as one of the 8's with early season Bissouma and Madders. Would relieve some of the creative responsibilities on Madders too since Sarr isn't really that creative.
