Micah Richards

but like yeah there'd be players that you know they'd let the coaches know they think they should be starting and ultimately you just got to put your professional head on play and be ready I think for the for the first for the first week that might be acceptable for some for some players but the longer it goes on when you see after a game you're then in the guys who haven't played it then train it then becomes a bit of a chore I think

And that's, I think, one of the reasons why he said no.

I'm more than happy with the characters that I've got in the squad and I'm happy with who I've left at home.

As he said also, they might have more ability, but he feels that the better way to go is in terms of keeping everyone as best they can in terms of being tight and having no real rouse.

If he can't start, because everyone's assuming Madweki, you've got to... Well, you've got options to play Gordon or Rashford on the right-hand side, or the other one on the left-hand side, Rashford and Gordon, either side of Kane, which would give you the pace and the press and the ability to sit back and also counter-attack as well, rather than Madweki.

That's perhaps an option I would look at if Saka's not going to be fit to start the game.

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