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TheRam wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2026 12:11 pm
Will he even be that though?
There's no reason he can't be what he's been previously, unless his injury is something he can't come back from.
I understand the lack of confidence in him given we signed him whilst injured, he took longer to come back than expected, and his first appearance was a car crash. However I don't think we can write him off without giving him time to get back to fitness and then showing what he can or can't do.
Problem is our midfield is higgledy piggledy and the quality isn’t great.
Same story as the last ten years tbf - Gana Gueye covers all kinds of sins and lets you play misfit 8s who just run around and leave gaps everywhere and don’t do anything else.
Lose him you have to think about balance of player. We haven’t got that. Norgaard is an attempt to temporarily fix that cheaply.
Might not work because he looks completely cooked, but we are where we are.