We cant afford the quality of Bakayoko/Morata/Salah/Mendy/Bernardo/Kolasinac/Lacazette/Lukaku on the bench - I know I am a Fan so hold our players up highly but not one of those do I look at and think if we only had them in our first team we would definitely be better than last year.
I went through the pos tline by line, realized I am on a Liverpool forum and deleted most of them. To reiterate we cant afford that quality on the bench and I don't see a significant improvement by replacing a first team player with any of them.
Kane > Morata/ Lukaku / Lacazette
already talked about Salah & Bernardo
Man City wanted Rose above Mendy (we'll see with Kolasinac but I am yet to be convinced) - yes he might be broken, but you don't replace your good injured starting players just in case he never gets better or his head being turned as you keep Coutinho
Can see your point, still think you'd find a way to fit Salah in your team, but more to the point you have a very good team but even the best sides need updating, if only to keep the players excited. That, to me, is what your transfer window may have failed to do.
One more thing, which is a mystery as yet, is how your team adapt to the tactical differences necessary in getting results at Wembley rather than at While Hart Lane.
I suspect this will be a very difficult season for you, and although I also understand you are well run enough to come out of it, and with a good chance of thriving ultimately, you may have a little while of experiencing what we've been going through for the last few seasons while you lot, Spurs fans in general not you in particular, have been poking fun at us.
Anyway, I do wish you well for the season, and if I'm completely wrong, which I do have precedent for, and you finish second, as long as we're first, we can all be happy.
Maybe the times really are a-changing.
