At a stage during the Newcastle defeat, Graham Potter's metaphoric treatment room was as full as it's ever been. Ruben Loftus-Cheek had gone off injured with a calf strain, Kalidou Koulibaly was down again, Mateo Kovacic hardly looked at full fitness and Thiago Silva was rested.
It's unfair to use players that are fatigued in a list of injuries, that's the very nature of the World Cup-affected beast we have all witnessed over the last two months but include Kovacic and Koulibaly who have both been in and out with knocks.
That would have made nine players with Reece James, Ben Chilwell, N'Golo Kante, Wesley Fofana, Carney Chukwuemeka and Kepa Arrizabalaga. There's case to argue that those nine playing when fully fit would give the current first XI a good run around.
