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Playing devil's advocate here if it is just the 2 weeks I think Bartley could actually benefit from the rest. It's not long enough for him to get too rusty and need games to bed back in.
Semi coming back in and game ready too having played every minute for Nigeria. Real shame he's not available for tonight.
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Pieters is the exact sort of older players we should have in the squad. Perpetually fit. Grafter. Great experience. Can fill in a couple of positions. Cheap as chips.
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Happy to be corrected on this but where has this come from that Pieters is a 'cheap' option? Whilst we picked him up on a free, I doubt an ex-Holland international who has played virtually all his career in the Premier League or the Eriedivisie is likely to be on peanuts.
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Pieters really couldn’t come on to mark Kieffer Moore.As it was we ended up losing the midfield when Yokuslu went back but it was still the right decision.Allowing Taylor to go to Bolton was always a risk,I hope that it doesn’t come back to haunt us.