I would like to see us get to a point where we’re regularly just mixing and matching on the right hand side between Saliba, White, and Timber. We can give Saliba or White a rest at the weekend no problem with a big CL tie coming up because Timber can come in for either. Or we can choose between White and Timber at RB depending on how we want to attack the other side.
Same deal on the left hand side with Calafiori, Big Gabi, and Zinchenko. Nobody has to play twice a week if they’re really jaded or out of form.
And then Tomiyasu and maybe Lewis-Skelly to eat up some minutes in cup matches or during an injury crisis. Kiwior back to Italy.
Not sure if we have been waiting for too long, I do not see the reaction and excitement I originally expected.
This could be the last (or second last) piece of the puzzle of our team.
Having RC-Gabbi-Wil-Blanco as our back 4, we could easily have our fullback invert to midfield, and the other 3 (mainly about RC and Blanco) are natural CB. While RC has a tendency to carry the ball up, and Blanco already has great linkup with Saka and Ode.
RC may not have the killer pass that Zinny has, but defensively and physically he could be and supposed to be the best partner of Rice, if we switch to double pivot and move Ode as CAM.
Very flexible.
This is just juicy to think about.