Gab Marcotti

It's not somebody that you can say, oh, look, I can count on him.

I think Chalaba has had to carry a lot of weight this season.

I don't know that Tosin's fine in certain situations, not in others.

Badiashio wasn't even supposed to be there.

So you're short.

And Ashton Pong, who I think is a phenomenal footballer, he's kind of almost that tweener in the sense that at centre-back position,

People look at him and say, are you too small, not physical enough?

And at fullback, are you not gifted enough on the ball?

Because obviously he likes his fullbacks to play, or as a club, that's how they are.

My question still is, in the past I talked about Caicedo and Palmer dependency.

Palmer's had so many ups and downs, and now this business with managing the minutes.

If you manage the minutes in the wrong game, because you want players to develop and at the same time succeed, it really puts your manager in a really, really difficult position.

Because look, I have to give Jamie Giddens matches.

I have to give Garnaccio minutes.

I have to give Andre Santos minutes.

You know, it's a big ask to trying to develop Andre Santos as your first defensive option off the bench and at the same time getting him to grow as a player.

Yeah, yeah.

Not everybody can do that at that age.

If you're a fan, maybe not, and I can understand why you have... If you're a fan, what you notice is the results have been there because other than the two Arsenal games, he's won every other one, right?

The performances have been really bad.