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The club's handling of the Partey allegations

Coombs

Claudius not really my point. Partey is a very good player, but he's not some kind of unicorn. We'll not only survive without him, we'll thrive.

Sicario2

Coombs

Idiot.

Sicario2

Coombs put some respect on this guys name. Idiot yes for silly yellow card but no Partey this season = no CL semi.

Coombs

Sicario2 put some respect on this guys name.

No.

Claudius

We had 3 suspension risks. Lost one. Glass half full.

FEBravo

Claudius That's why he took Rice, Timber, and Marti off in the last minute, in case something kicked off and they were all at risk. My understanding is that now it's reset, so you can only miss the final if you get two yellows in the semis. But someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Tam

What are the suspension risks going forward?

banduan

Tam What are the suspension risks going forward?

amnesty after QF

Claudius

FEBravo that is correct. But even that is annoying because we are going to have two very tough games where our fullbacks especially will have their hands full for 180 minutes

Tam

Claudius As will PSG though.

lorddulaarsenal

Do PSG have anyone missing through suspension ?

JazzG

banduan Fucking hell, makes his yellow card even worse. The tie is over at this point, even if it costs you a goal don't get yourself booked if you might miss out. We are already down bare bones!

USArsenal

JazzG

That's why Rice was so fucking pissed at him on the pitch and shoved him back away from everything and yelled at him.

samthegooner

As a known Partey hater, I will admit that I thought Partey was very good in the first half and one of our best players. He and Rice were dominating the midfield and his calm on the ball was a perfect fit for that cauldron of chaos initially. I thought he faded a bit in the second half and Rice really exerted his influence on the game and was easily the MOTM. The yellow card was just classic braindead Partey behavior and while I want him gone for his off-the-field issues, those moments of stupidity just happen too often with him IMO. Hopefully, we can either slide Merino back and put Trossard as the CF or play either Calafiori or White at outside back and slide MLS centrally to cover for his absence in the first leg.

QuincyAbeyie

samthegooner no shame in admitting it, he was really good. The shame would be in wanting to "put some respek on his name" for it, or even worse, wanting to renew him.

Claudius

QuincyAbeyie reasonable perspective

MistaT

Too much at risk moving MLS in to midfield for PSG. No reason we should jeopardize our left back efficiency to (hopefully) solve another position.

Jorginho has to be the path, or possibly Rice if you really want our DM tracking their willing runners. Though I'd rather Rice continue with his "free(r)" role as an 8 than get shackled to being a 6.

samthegooner

I think we shouldn't really overthink this and just put Trossard in and have him and Martinelli rotate at CF and LW while Merino pushes back to CM. If Jorginho is healthy by then, I'd consider him as I feel like his athleticism deficiencies might not hurt him as much against their midfield but I think I'd rather just have Merino in the midfield with Trossard in the attack. It would hurt us a bit though since Rice would be more shackled but hopefully MLS inverting allows him to still get forward.

CPM

samthegooner It would be tough to lose Merino up top as a proper out ball, but I'm not sure there's a better way to go. Partey has really put us in a tough position, so so frustrating.

Sicario2

CPM these things happen. Let’s not dwell on it. At least he will def be in the final if we make it (touch wood).

We’ve had to deal with so much adversity this season so this is nothing.

We will manage and PSG won’t know what’s hit them.

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