Gareth Wheeler

Like, these players, like, have tried to, you know, when you're trying to jump on a moving train and you're not fully 100% fit and not playing heading in, it just, it makes the goal of being, you know, a real key contributor, it makes it that much more difficult.

So...

Alphonso Davies is number one because he's the best player that Canada has.

And the fact that it doesn't sound like he's going to be playing June 12th, who knows when he may be playing next.

I mean, that's the most problematic.

But I don't think that you can paint the picture as just one.

You know, it's so many question marks.

Moise Bambito hasn't played since last October.

Alfie Jones hasn't played in 2026.

Richie Larea is now injured.

Derek Cornelius hasn't played first team football since 2025 as well.

These are, Alistair Johnson's the guy that you're most confident in right now across the back line.

He's played about like eight games since his return from injury.

It's just, they all add up and they all create a situation where these cluster injuries, you just got to ask yourself, what is this thing going to look like?

And it's,

It's not just there as well.

Ali Ahmed's a little bit more injured than what was originally thought to be.

This is just entirely problematic to me when you're trying to piece together 11.

And it's not just getting back healthy.

It's good news that a number of these players have put themselves in contention to be part of the 26 and play a role.