Schneiderlin Injury At Just The Wrong Time
The injury which forced Morgan Schneiderlin off would not have been a problem if Jack Cork had not been missing through illness.
Sometimes in football you dont get the rub of the green at vital times and this was one of them for Saints on Sunday afternoon.
Morgan Schneiderlin is a great player, but in central midfield we are blessed with a wealth of talent, however if there was one weekend we did not need someone to get injured from the central midfield it was this one.
The first problem was that although Steven Davis was back and indeed put in a great display, he was clearly lacking a bit of fitness which meant that in the second half he started to run out of steam, but the second problem was perhaps more of an issue, Jack Cork was missing through illness, add long term casualty James Ward Prowse to the equation and it was always going to be tough and Schneiderlin's injury could not have happened at a worse time.
It meant that we had to play Toby Alderweireld in the centre of midfield and bring in Yoshida, Koeman deciding that this was not the game to bring on Harrison Reed but to go for experience.
Reed might be needed for the trip to Arsenal though with Schneiderlin looking doubtful, however if Jack Cork is recovered it wont be a problem at least not with a starting line up, however any other knocks and we will again be exposed.
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