09 Dec 2025 12:41:52
Assuming they get clearance to play next Monday then that will be the last game for our entire right side of defence and attack. Mbeumo amad and maz will all be off.
Yoro heaven and martinez will be in line to replace maz you'd think. Amad is more concerning as we will look to dourgu and dalot as the likely replacement.
Mbeumo I figure will either be bruno pushing on and mainoo into midfield or sesko coming back and mount playing from right.
A few tricky fixtures villa Newcastle and city in particular over the period it will be interesting to see who plays and how the do. Mbeumo is a huge miss imo.
09 Dec 2025 13:06:33
Unfortunately Onana wasn't called up by Cameroon. That means Mbeumo will be away for much longer.
09 Dec 2025 13:56:34
cameroon have a pretty poor team and not what used to be. they might be back earlier than you think.
09 Dec 2025 15:20:48
De Ligt coming back, and Lisandro Martinez getting more minutes means we should be ok with Mazraoui out. I really hope we get in the attacking wing back as I think that's the position we'll struggle in.
09 Dec 2025 18:50:03
Yeah Don i think maz is by far the easiest to cover especially with heaven coming in recently and i'm sure that's no coincidence. Yoro looked a bit edgy for a couple of games, so having heaven game fit was a good move imo. The midge will hopefully get the chance then to ease himself back instead of the need to throw him back in full throttle.
Wb is an issue both sides. Amad is by far our best option maz next best with both missing it only leaves dalot and dorgu for both sides.
Maybe Shaw could do 30 min or heaven? Young kid unseen thus far Leon? Will they exercise option on bringing amass back?
Mbeumo is a huge hole to fill. Personally i'd like to see bruno take his place and mainoo to play in cm. The other obvious option is mount to play and sesko up front he is back training.
09 Dec 2025 20:24:36
Agreed Ken. I'm expecting front 3 to be Mount, Cunha and Sesko but Bruno to play more minutes in the 10 towards end of games with Mainoo getting a bit more of a chance off the bench.
For wingbacks I'd love to see Shaw at LWB. Dalot and Dorgu don't fill me with any level of confidence.
09 Dec 2025 21:28:21
Shaw would not last more than 30 min as lwb. His body won't allow it plus he doesn't have the ability.
09 Dec 2025 21:33:40
It sounds like Amorim likes Heaven. Hopefully De Ligt get's back fit and perhaps we see Heaven go into the LCB position and Shaw into LWB. Personally, i'm not sure on Shaw in that role anymore as I think he needs the game in front of him but I guess it's another option to consider. Imagine Dalot will go into RWB for the duration with the possibility of Mount doing a job there. With the lack of Mbuemo's goal threat, I really think we need to get Fernandes closer to the oppositions goal which hopefully opens the door for Mainoo next to Casemiro.
Going to interesting to see how Amorim manages the AFCON time. Would have loved to have seen Lacey get 10 minutes last night. Or even 19 minutes. Not sure where they found the 9 minutes to be honest!