Where was Kerim Frei Saturday??

[JackyFulham90]

Jol said he was back fit and available for selection so I can only assume he was left out the 18? I know we have a lot of quality on the wings but Frei has to be worth a spot on the bench surely? Or was he infact injured?

[AlFayedsChequebook]

I think the problem is that we are now getting players back from injury so there is a lot of competition for the 7 spaces on the bench.

On sat we had the following on the bench:

Stockdale (obligatory GK)
Senderos (Obligatory CB)
Kasami
Kackaniklic
Diarra
Karagounis
Dejagah

Not sure who he displaces at the moment - perhaps Kasami eventually?

[TonyGilroy]

And add Duff and Ruiz next week.

Some very good players won't even make the bench but presumably Jol will rotate. There's also Kelly and Briggs. There needs to be some defensive options on the bench.

[FFCAli]

What a great problem to have!  Long may it last.

[MasterHaynes]

when duff and ruiz return there will be some very good players not even getting on the bench. Jol will have placate and still motivate some very dissapointed players to keep challenging especially where Frei and Kaca are concerned just hope they have not got stupid money grabbing agents and they can see the bigger future picture

[filham]

Our bench is looking better than it has ever done before , expect Hughes to come sniffing around when the winter window opens.

[NogoodBoyo]

"And add Duff and Ruiz next week.

Some very good players won't even make the bench but presumably Jol will rotate. There's also Kelly and Briggs. There needs to be some defensive options on the bench."

Nogood "thinking Briggs is toast, isit" Boyo

[Zu-Meister]

he was sitting on the cottage balcony along with ruiz, tavares, trotta and others. i think he tweeted it was the managers decision to leave him out and that he will play for the u21s or somin along those lines.

[Riverside]

Great to have competition .

But at the same time I am looking forward to seeing Frei back in the 1st team. At the very least as an impact sub .

Such an exciting prospect .

[btings]

He tweeted that he'll be playing against Crystal Palace in the U21s:
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It is remarkable how deep the bench suddenly looks when people are healthy.  Not a lot of dead wood on this squad at all.

[JackyFulham90]

We lost all them key players and look how strong the squad still hos, how well has Jol done he has had a really good summer window

[CH FFC]

We lost all them key players and look how strong the squad still hos, how well has Jol done he has had a really good summer window

Funny~ being all the cries and panic at the end of the transfer window!

[Shredhead]

It's a pity we're not in the Europa League to give more players more match practice. Maybe the FA Cup will help.

[BishopsParkFantastic]

It's a pity we're not in the Europa League to give more players more match practice. Maybe the FA Cup will help.

It's a pity that we were incapable of staying in the Capital One Cup!

[Riverside]

It's a pity we're not in the Europa League to give more players more match practice. Maybe the FA Cup will help.

It's a pity that we were incapable of staying in the Capital One Cup!

Agreed though that was a bad week . Dembele left that night . West Ham was next .
With the new signings beginning to settle and Jol coming up with non Dembele systems we have stabilised well.

[zzamora]

Lack of match fitness I presume. Only just come back.