A_M Iniesta
Member
Need another dawg at LB this summer to nip at his heels
Very predictable unfortunately
Honestly just get Bertrand next season he decent and not injury prone. Tierney is not 50 games a season playerOh ****, we're in massive trouble. We should get past Slavia but if we're playing Cedric or Xhaka LB against Villarreal in the semis or Roma/Ajax/United in the final we're in big big trouble. Our decision not to bring in a backup after letting our two backups go is looking criminal. You live by the sword you die by the sword, we took a massive gamble and it's not worked.
Hopefully with a summer break and a good pre season Tierney, Will come back fully fit and with less games to play next season he does not get injured again,
It would also help if we had a back up player so their is a bit of rotation in the squad.
I remember when I was saying he was injury prone last season everyone was disagreeing with me telling me I was wrong but it was obvious to us all. I feel like fans tend to bury their head in sand out of optimism, I should try it I'm too negative.Not to be a debbie downer but we have a problem with Tierney beyond the current injury. He's very good at football and he's a great character, but he was injury prone at Celtic and he's been injury prone here. He's started 35 pl games since joining in summer 2019, so he's missed more than half of available league games.
It's got to a point where you can't really rely on him to be first choice left back all the time, you've gotta expect him to miss half the season, unfortunate as that is.
It points towards having to look for a better quality LB back-up, not just a capable fill-in, but someone who could play for a 10 game stretch at a high level.