Glad someone sees it. At this level, with these incredibly regimented and meticulously planned systems, being used with the most elite, world class, one-of-a-kind players, injuries define everything. The margins are so fine and everything is so controlled, but injuries (and, increasingly, VAR) are the big thing you can’t control. It’s out of your hands and can ruin everything in an instant

When a team performs below expectations these days it can nearly always be attributed to injuries. They’re an absolute blight on the sport

Glad someone sees it. At this level, with these incredibly regimented and meticulously planned systems, being used with the most elite, world class, one-of-a-kind players, injuries define everything. The margins are so fine and everything is so controlled, but injuries (and, increasingly, VAR) are the big thing you can’t control. It’s out of your hands and can ruin everything in an instant

When a team performs below expectations these days it can nearly always be attributed to injuries. They’re an absolute blight on the sport

Well, my issue with this is this time last year everyone was saying De Zerbi is one of the best managers ever, he’s gonna take over from Pep etc, and now look how the tables have turned. People intermittently suck off Eddie Howe from time to time too