We have had problems in defence all season, as much to do with organisation as personnel, & everyone is quite calm about the possibility of throwing yet another stranger into an already fucked up backline, which tries to play offsides in its own penalty area & gets it wrong 3 or 4 times per game.
Of course it wasn't a good idea playing Zabba, it was monumentally fucking stupid.
In cricket (no longer interested in cricket but..) there is a general rule; look at the score, then imagine if a couple more men were out & is it still a good score or would you be in deep shit ?
Well imagine Vinny missing for Liverpool if Zabba doesn't make it.
Plus Lescott was doing calf exercises later in the game yesterday & struggling, Kolarov also picked up a slight strain. Nastasic is made of fucking glass, like Richards.
What if we get two semi finals v the rags coming up ? We would pick up injuries in that period, without a shadow of a doubt. We need to protect the players whenever possible, to prevent unnecessary strains.
Playing Zabba two days after the Arse game, with this schedule coming up, was crass stupidity, & playing VK wasn't far behind .
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