Think Strujik is in the honorable mention if not top 5. He's physical and has a good sense of what's a threat on the pitch.
Hope the red card situation does not change him too much.
Easy for me - in no particular order
Rapha
KP
Meslier
Llorente
James
Honourable mentions to Koch, Rodrigo and Dallas
Think Strujik is in the honorable mention if not top 5. He's physical and has a good sense of what's a threat on the pitch.
Hope the red card situation does not change him too much.
I think its very hard to judge but if our squad was entirely fit and EVERYONE was available I'd probably have to go with this
1- KP
2- Meslier
3- Raphina
4- Llorente
5- Bamford
Reason I go with this order is without KP I don't see anyone good enough for that pivotal role and same with Meslier, I've seen that new keeper and well, he looks pretty dire and Meslier lets be honest has kept us from getting thumped a few times this season. If we are without Raphinha, although yes it is definitely weakining our team significantly I don't think the impact is as great as losing the other 2 because of James/Harrison/Summerville.
Llorente nearly went top spot for me but think if Koch and Struijk are fit they'd do well but whenever Llorente comes back from injury we look a different unit at the back it is no surprise when he came back at back end of last season we went on that run of being undefeated and looking solid at the back.
Bamford was a tricky, very important to us but don't think we miss him as much as the rest.
If it is just who is best talent wise its probably more
1- Raphina
2- KP
3- Llorente
4- Meslier (though 3-4 years could easily be our best player if he continues to develop)
5- Bamford
Been a big fan but Meslier has cost us some points the last couple of games. The New Castle goal would have been stopped by our Keep in my over 60 league and at least one of the goals against Villa should have been stopped.
Wonder if he's starting to believe the hype about him or what his agent's telling him.
Barcodes goal was more how he set up the wall - it bounced in front of him when he saw it late.
Last night he might have stopped the second but not sure he should have