Thomas Meunier

We have a definite candidate in Maxime de Kuiper and then a possible candidate in Joaquin Saiz.

and we actually could ask add timothy castagna to this list here but we'll uh save him for right backs uh although he does switch over to this side a little bit in terms of um likelihood we think maxim de copa is a likely starter so two stars out of three uh uh player or possibly a substitute Over to the right back position, two definite candidates here, Thomas Meunier and Timothy Castagna.

And those are all the candidates we have for right back.

We give two stars, a likely starter to Thomas Meunier, and then one star to Timothy Castagna as a starter on the right, but also one star to him as a starter on the left.

Two stars, a likely starter, we're just not sure what side he would be on.

In fact, it seems more likely the left right now.

But we were trying to second-guess Lebris.

I honestly reckon... maybe you're probably close out of the truth Martin with Munier on the right I just don't want to say it yeah that's the only one I think

Munier right is what I think might happen

Yeah, well, we'll see.

We'll see.

I think our young lads, they would have bottled it a little bit.

Luckily, by that time, we had likes of 09 on who would settle it, and Munier as well, who are really great.

I mean, he's about 34, but he's slowish, but he's quality.

And I would trust him at the back knee,

You know, so let's, yeah, let's see a good, strong performance.

And even now, as I'm sitting here, my head's spinning, I'm thinking, actually, well, Munier apparently could be on the bench and Isidore, there's been a late call made for him to start.

Well, if Isidore starts up front, that's going to lift the crowd.

That's going to lift the team.

And one of the things that I'm most, worried about is that the club make a rash decision with him because there is sections of the fan base that are pretty critical of him because the football is very what's the way of putting this it's basics it's very you know let's not concede a goal let's try and keep things tight and I think some fans can find that frustrating we've got currently a tactical thing that we do where we play right backs on the right wing and it does everyone's head and it does my head as well because It just creates you more problems.

You basically don't have a right side because you've got Trae Hulme or Thomas Meunier out there and they just don't have masses of pace and they don't really have much of a threat going forward.

Yes, it can help you defensively, but it feels sometimes a little bit negative, especially when you're playing... you know teams at home who you think you can get something against you know when you're lining up against Brighton at home I know Brighton are really really good but should you be lining up with a right back on the right wing when you've got 60 to 70 million quids worth of winger talent on the bench so the things that really frustrate fans and really really frustrate me but I can't sit here and really criticize the manager when you know he took over we finished 16th The season before he took over, he then got us promoted in a pretty special way through the playoffs.

And then we finished seventh last season and it was brilliant.

And we have options now.

So Thomas Meunier will be back soon.

Bayern is back.

So we need the full squad to be competitive.