Part of the reason for that is that we didn't have Wilf at the start of the season.

True, but we didn't have Hodgson either. Or Mamadou Sakho, for that matter.

Edited by chateauferret (05 Feb 2018 9.41pm)

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Put a tenner on us going down at 16 to 1 after we beat saints,were now 5 to 1 it is not looking good

stuck up here with a load of northern monkeys!

It depends how long ‘some time’ is... if it is ‘rest of the season’ I think this is pretty disastrous news. If a few weeks, ok, we couldn’t have expected full fitness for the rest of the season when we expect him to play 90mins every game.

I feel we are a bit closer to doomsville now, but we can still stay up, thankfully we have a slim sliver of daylight between us and the relegation zone currently. Other players have to step up now. Wilf has been off his game for a few weeks but still! It is the sheer number of injuries that is just mind boggling. This has exposed our terrible transfer policy/God Awful squad depth. If this costs us our place in the league, you can’t say we don’t deserve it. It is not Roy’s fault certainly and hope that if we do go down, we keep him on.

Take your pick from these then.

Hennessey
Fosu-Mensah Sakho Tomkins van Aanholt
Cabaye Milivojevic McArthur
Sørloth Benteke Townsend

As above with Lee instead of Sørloth
As above with Lumeka ditto

Hennessey
Fosu-Mensah Sakho Tomkins Ward
Cabaye Milivojevic van Aanholt
Townsend Benteke McArthur

As above with McArthur left mid and van Aanholt wing
As above with Souare left-back

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Guardian reckons ‘at least 4 weeks’ and phrase ‘significant period’.

If only 4 weeks, that might not be so bad, it’s the ‘at least’ I find unnerving.

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