The problem with that is that he has run players into the ground which is surely contributing to the injuries. Most of the injuries are muscle issues and not impact. The word in the background is that the intensity of training is upped and the physical demands on the players are far greater than they are used to. He also played his preferred players almost al the time last season when we played about 55 game. A fair few of the squad who played > 40 matches last season have subsequently been injured this time around and this is something that ten Hag has form for whilst at Ajax. This league is too intense to rely on 11-15 players. Howe is finding that out.
You can argue he hasn't got the squad depth required but it is what it is and we are reduced to Maguire, Lindelof and McSauce all of who only played about 20 games last time out. We are so far away from our best 11 I would contest that the likes of Pellistri , Mainoo and Mehbri should be getting more game time especially if they are ahead of the likes of Sancho, van der Beek. The manager is playing survival football and we are learning nothing. Its the same week after week and saying it will get better when the players aren't injured is not a strategy. The evidence is that injuries will continue and he has to use that as an opportunity to see whether or not the likes of Hannibal, Mainoo, Pellistri, Gore have a shot at making it or at least increasing a transfer value. I'm not writing off Mount but Hannibal has been better than him this season.
