Different Gravy
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A Rolls Royce of a player.
Agree. The way he's maintained that level is impressive. Top, top piece of work by Slot too.
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For me our spectacular season (to date) is down to him, Mo. and Virgil. One giant in each key area of the team. Keep them fit and there's no telling what this team could achieve this season.
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Almost for the first time this season, opposition managed to neutralize Gravenberch - they got their distances right and didn’t get sucked into pressing him and getting beaten on the turn, but also didn’t leave him space to progress and cut off the passing lanes. Something to think about for both Gravvy and Slot.
Interesting point about Trent.
Agreed. He simply can't perform at his best level if he keeps starting every single game. For me we need to give him one game off (on the bench) and then he'll be fully primed for City & Newcastle.
We also need to be using Endo & McConnell as subs more & more too. The '2 games off' benefit from the CL has disappeared by having 2 PL games rescheduled into these gaps. At some point later in the season I'm sure we will get a week off but that doesn't really help us at this stage.
We also need to be using Endo & McConnell as subs more & more too. The '2 games off' benefit from the CL has disappeared by having 2 PL games rescheduled into these gaps. At some point later in the season I'm sure we will get a week off but that doesn't really help us at this stage.
I think March is an easy month with FA cup ties and we will lose players to an international break too. We have something like 1 league game, 1 final and 2 champions league games.
We just need to work out a way to maximise our points going into March.
I realise the irony in my post above and having Gravy in my Starting XI in the pre match thread. I'm not sure how we find the space to manage his minutes - maybe its through more routing 60 min appearances. But Gravy playing well makes the whole team play well and we need to suck it up and sacrifice that somewhere. Maybe its in the CL and we give him one of those RO16 fixtures off
Or we could rest him against Southampton and get him to pull out of the international fixtures.
Saints - Rest
ECL - Play and win 10-0
League Final - Play
ECL - Rest
Sounds like a plan.
True - but we also need to maximise his (and Macca's) chances of making it to the Saints game without overloading a muscle and then being out for 6 weeks. They're both probably close to red lining.
I trust Slot and team on this but I think Gravy is too important to not start all the games in Feb. I agree that he should be subbed in at least 2 of the next 3 games but I still would want him rested against the Saints. If we cant beat them with Endo then we are a bunch of clowns who will still win the league while giving their fans heart attacks.
Was it the tache?
…as in 90 mins away from a muscle injury?
Yeah, as said, he needs to get through February and early March and we can rest him more. Let him sit around the coffee bar all day, whatever it takes. We all know Slot isn't starting Endo in an important game anytime soon. He'd probably be more confortable starting Jones, such is his insistance on a ball playing six. Rightly or wrongly, he doesn't see Endo as being capable of doing what he needs to help us control the game with the ball. The best we can hope for is we get ahead in the game and Endo can come on in the 70th minute rather than the 89th.
For what it's worth, Endo is nowhere near as bad on the ball to cause entire systems to break down, but Slot disagrees, so it is what it is.
For what it's worth, Endo is nowhere near as bad on the ball to cause entire systems to break down, but Slot disagrees, so it is what it is.
