shaunieboy77 73 Posted December 28, 2016 Apparently wasn''t in the squad due to his imminent call up to the African Nations Cup. Klopp didn''t leave Mane out. Strange reasoning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,459 Posted December 28, 2016 Oh yeah, our squad is identical to Liverpools isn''t it ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Green and Yellow fellow 0 Posted December 28, 2016 The fact that we miss Mulumbu after he''s put in about 3 good performances during his whole NCFC career really says it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Smith 2,317 Posted December 28, 2016 The fact we leave a player, who has hardly played for us in two years, out of the squad in order to "plan" for his absence is beyond belief. Neil is thick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 557 Posted December 28, 2016 That was one of Neil''s most bizarre answers of his entire tenure.Either he''s truly lost the plot or there are personnel issues going on behind the scenes ... or both! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,749 Posted December 28, 2016 presumably with Dorrans injured and Howson suspended, he''ll have to play him on Saturday?.....which will make all the more a mockery of that decision. "we''re going to be without him for upto 4 weeks....so might aswell make it an extra week for good measure" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaunieboy77 73 Posted December 28, 2016 [quote user="FenwayFrank"]Oh yeah, our squad is identical to Liverpools isn''t it ?[/quote]I wasn''t comparing squads though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hurricane 21 Posted December 28, 2016 Steven Whittaker can play in midfield, I''m sure someone tried that before?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djc 0 Posted December 28, 2016 Quote user="hurricane"Steven Whittaker can play in midfield, I''m sure someone tried that before??well, if its been tried before then that''s okay. Rather than just doing it on a one-off occasion where the result and performance may actually matter.Putting sarcasm to one side, Neil might as well go for broke. Things couldn''t get much worse for him/us, and its not like Deluded Smith is gonna fire him! (NB : i substituted the word "sack" for fire) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Move Klose 303 Posted December 28, 2016 Surely Louis Thompson is near a return.18th November:Alex Neil: "Louis Thompson is another one who is carrying a knock, hopefully he will be ok."Some knock that must be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Dawson 0 Posted December 28, 2016 Nope Thompson has a fresh injury that has been kept quiet but i doubt he will be playing before March Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,660 Posted December 28, 2016 Yeah his reasons for not playing Mulumbu and taking off Oliveira kind of suggest he''s found a level of insanity only matched by the likes of LDC, Keith Scott and Highland. Each for their own unique reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,605 Posted December 28, 2016 It''s up there with his ''I can''t rest Jacob Murphy cos Howson and Mulumbu are injured!'' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clint 221 Posted December 28, 2016 He''s probably just fallen out with Mulumbu, like he has with most of the squad by now when they questionned his methods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites