Boubacar Kamara - out for the season

[Monty]

Add Carlos to that list and it's four, of what should be our starting 11, currently out.

So that XI would be:

Martinez; Cash, Carlos, Mings, Moreno; McGinn, Kamara, Luiz, Coutinho; Buendia, Watkins?

Works for me, but very harsh on Ramsey who's shown more form than Phil this season (though admittedly his top stuff hasn't shown as much talent as Phil's - but then, you could say the same of Bert after yesterday!).

[OCD]

Emery's affecting games with very limited bench options. When we go from 11/12 really good players to 15/16 really good players then we can cover for injuries but he'll also have better tools to affect games with and select players/tactics for specific game plans.

[Monty]

Big truth.

[Risso]

Emery's affecting games with very limited bench options. When we go from 11/12 really good players to 15/16 really good players then we can cover for injuries but he'll also have better tools to affect games with and select players/tactics for specific game plans.

I was thinking this last night. I said to my Leicester mate "we've got nobody to come on and change a game." Two minutes later, Bert curls in a beaut for the winner. I know nothing.

[Clark W Griswold]

Add Carlos to that list and it's four, of what should be our starting 11, currently out.

So that XI would be:

Martinez; Cash, Carlos, Mings, Moreno; McGinn, Kamara, Luiz, Coutinho; Buendia, Watkins?

Works for me, but very harsh on Ramsey who's shown more form than Phil this season (though admittedly his top stuff hasn't shown as much talent as Phil's - but then, you could say the same of Bert after yesterday!).

I think i'd swap Buendia for Ramsey and that would be my preferred 11 currently with everyone fit. Ramsey has a bit more muscle and Coutinho should be providing the guile anyway.

[Drummond]

Emery's affecting games with very limited bench options. When we go from 11/12 really good players to 15/16 really good players then we can cover for injuries but he'll also have better tools to affect games with and select players/tactics for specific game plans.

I was thinking this last night. I said to my Leicester mate "we've got nobody to come on and change a game." Two minutes later, Bert curls in a beaut for the winner. I know nothing.

And now I've quoted it, you can't take it back! 

[OCD]

We'll need to go from having a team to having a squad too to allow for the additional games we could be playing. Quite often decent teams come unstuck when they start to go to playing Saturday/Thursday/Sunday. Integrating some of our kids that have been doing well in the Championship can help with numbers without having to sign quite few players who have never played together and have to win over the fans.

[Monty]

Indeed, especially if we're in Europe. It all feels a little strange having Digne on the bench until the 80th minute every week; it won't feel so strange if we have an extra game in Zagreb on a Thursday.

[OCD]

I can't see Digne being here next season.

[eamonn]

I can't see Digne being here next season.

I can - only because no other club will pay him even half of what we do.

[danno]

I can't see Digne being here next season.

I can - only because no other club will pay him even half of what we do.

Considering how Dyche plays he’d actually be perfect for Everton.

[Risso]

If we qualify for Europe, we'll need him. Even if we don't, an injury to Moreno and we've got nobody else at all who can play there. Well I suppose Young can at a push, but I wouldn't want that to happen really.

[LeeB]

If we qualify for Europe, we'll need him. Even if we don't, an injury to Moreno and we've got nobody else at all who can play there. Well I suppose Young can at a push, but I wouldn't want that to happen really.

In an ideal world we'd have some 22-23 year old snapping at Moreno's heels next season rather than Digne

[OCD]

Ben Chrisene maybe?

[Lastfootstamper]

Especially at fullback, given the responsibilities of the job these days, I don't want one incumbent and another attempting to oust them from their starting place. I want two for each side, one to start and run himself into the ground for an hour, tops, then a replacement to come on and do the same for the remainder. Every game.