Claudius Well I didn't claim otherwise, but that's why managing these patterns becomes a possible competitive advantage.
One issue is carrying multiple brittle players in a position: paper squad depth becomes a bit illusory. White is an issue in this case: we could've cut our risks and found a way to move him on sooner.
It's tolerable having a player with imperfect availability as a starter, such as Ødegaard and Timber have become. But then it's better if the second stringer is both durable and a solid performer. That makes it fine to rotate at times to rest and protect the brittle starter, as well as covering him when protection doesn't work out.
If your squad emphasises hypothetical versatility which is the route we've gone signing White and Mosquera, you still need to be able to cash that in across those positions at Premier League level.
Now we're looking at shelling £50m+ on Konsa who only lifts the floor by a relatively narrow margin across CB and RB, and this is because our other versatile options are a bit raw or a bit crocked or maybe not even that versatile.
