Well firstly, I agree that Defour's fitness is a concern and I'd prefer that we didn't "take another risk on it". But I just accept that financially, Defour is a big earner and we cannot afford to bring in his replacement and effectively end up with Defour as a very expensive spare part.summitclaret wrote:Sounds like you are prepared to take another risk on Defour's fitness. I am not. Cork's performances in 2018 were worrying enough to convince me that he can't assume he starts every week.
"Also we should have 5 centre midfielders in the squad, one of which could be a younger one for the future. Our inability to bring on subs in cm is a big factor in us conceding so many late goals."
Perfectly arguable that we do have a 5 central midfielders, one of whom is a younger one for the future. His name is Dwight McNeil.