Not advocating Allen but I would rather he replaced either Noble or Rice off the bench or if one is unavailable than Sanchez which is the only current option we have in CM.traxop wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 2:13 am
Stats aside, the question no one is asking is, what purpose would he serve in our team? Let's for a moment say Allen is really that much better than Noble and he replaces him in the starting lineup, but it's Rice that gets injured. Can anyone really see a midfield two with Noble and Allen together?
There might be better options but are they available this window - indeed is Allen even available the press have presumed Stoke would want to sell but who knows. I see Hayden is being mentioned again, he played and scored on Saturday so why should Newcastle want to sell him just because they have another midfielder in?