If this is off then your man has got a lot to explain
@Amadaeus . By playing him yesterday, United got to see him constantly and hilariously passing backwards in decent attacking areas against a league two team.
He wasn't too bad yesterday. I feel Pochettino is indifferent about keeping him. Even though Pochettino said he would like a trimmer squad and two players for each position; with the intensity he plays with at Chelsea, I expect more injuries to follow especially to chilwell. If Pochettino wants to win every competition he is in, then keeping hold of Cucurella isn't such a bad option for him. Against wimbledon, it show that chelsea depth isn't as good as it seems. So, keeping hold of him isn't such a bad thing. However, it will be a struggle for him to find game time at chelsea if he is to stay because I feel like he is last in the pecking order for the left back/left center back position. So,
In the league cup competition
Sanchez****
Gusto - Chalobah* - Silva - maatsen/Cucurella
Lavia - Gallagher/ugo
Madueke - Carni - Chilwell***
Borja
Important games ( system Pochettino is using and I was 1st to call it in the levi colwill thread). Might evolve to colwill playing that central role over Silva
---------------------Petrovic
------------Diasi - colwill - Badishelle
James ---- Caceido - enzo ------- mudryk**
-‐--------- palmer --- sterling
--------------------Jackson
Disregarding the long term injuries in nkunku and fofana
* if chalobah get sold then one of colwill, Badishelle, diasi will just get more minutes on the pitch.
** of course Pochettino will choose chilwell, but mudryk is a much better fit imo based of how high poch has chilwell playing
*** rotate with mudryk or maatsen
**** not that convinced with Sanchez, might be better suited to league cup games. Maybe Petrovic is better i don't know.
It will be tough to fit Cucurella in with the limited games they have, but as mentioned before it may be a good call because 1.) an injury might happen to chilwell. 2.) He didn't end up strengthening a rival 3.) He has good vibes with other players in the dressing room.
So whatever happens, I don't believe Pochettino would care as much and it will not greatly affect what he is doing. However, if maatsen leave because of this, then I will be surprised towards who sanctioned that decision when both can co-exist in same team albeit with Cucurella getting significant lower minutes.