More bad news. Winston Reid is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury and so too is Sam Byram. We can live with Byram's injury as long as Zabaleta keeps fit, but the Reid injury is a real blow. Ogbonna should be recovered from illness and Ginge might make it for Saturday, but it makes the decision to cash in on Fonte and earn £5 million look even more short-sighted. Rice is promising but still makes mistakes and now would have been an ideal time to have an experienced European Championship winner to call on.
The side can't hide behind the excuse of injuries though. Whoever plays against Burnley has to give everything against a Burnley side with big physical strikers in Wood and Barnes. After the capitulation at Swansea the players owe the fans. This really is a must-win must-win game.
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