Quote Originally Posted by hopelesslyoptimistic View Post
Bielsa said Llorente and Rapha both fit for the weekend!

That means we have four available CB with Struijk no longer suspended, wonderboy and el capitan- I would play Llorente and Struijk but suspect Cooper starts.

Interesting comments from pundits about Joffy and his start against Fulham. Bielsa was seemingly underwhelmed by him so chances are he won’t get another game for a few months as he doesn’t think he is ready. Parallel with Cresswell who underwhelmed him against Crawley so pretty clear MB sets the bar very high.

However, Klich and others have publicly come out since Fulham praising Joffy effusively so will be interesting to see how this plays out.

With James, Harrison and Rapha there should be less room for Roberts unless he kicks on dramatically too.
Cresswell "underwhelmed against Crawley", but was given real 1st team exposure against the likes of West Ham and excelled (and not just me saying that), so goes back to the sidelines (if you're correct).

If so it's nothing to do with any bar setting, just Bielsa wanting to demonstrate how stubborn he can be. Hope you're 100% wrong, for all the right reasons.