Different Gravy
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Nah this is ain't it Moron. You're just pissed at our lack of transfer activity. Gravvy was fine. He might not be across the season, but he wasn't the issue in the first half.
As Arne just said, the main problem in the first half was our attack and our defence, who both lost too many duels.
He subbed Quansah off as a tactical sub and put a rocket up the arse of our attackers and defenders.
Midfield was the least of our problems today.
Different Gravy? More like different class. Good to see him using his body strength to get stuck into challenges, a few he was harshly penalised for I thought. Best player on the park for me, although Szobo did his best to overshadow him 2nd half with some filthy passing. That drag back lay off to Trent was outrageous.
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Most websites say we played 4-2-3-1, but I thought it was 4-3-3 with Gravy as the single pivot most of the time. I think he showed the pre-season games were not a fluke – he can play this position!
Yep, the first half was no reflection on him. It's easy to point to the six when there's no control over the park, but the flaws were all over.
Once the team has ~60 percent of the ball than Grav starts to shine. What was pleasing is the forwards were reacting positively off the ball to having a more dynamic six, especially off some of his drives through the middle. It added some variety to the play.
He plays a whole lot faster than Jones, who slows us down.
Still early days and playing Ipswich this early in the season isn't exactly the best measuring stick for where we are as a team, but I can't deny that it looked pretty good in the second half.
Zubi who?
Keep it coming Slot...
I would’ve spaffed my load had Diaz put that chance away.
"looked pretty good"? Every report I've seen so far (neutral, Mancs, Pool commentators etc,) all describe our 2nd half in superlatives.
Most say he was the best of them in the first. A half that the team as a whole failed not just one or two individuals.
View: https://x.com/lfc_eryan/status/1824889680971575410?s=46&t=6wcnB4HyUnoowKD5QT7uAw
If we’d have bought Zubimendi and he’d put in this performance today we’d have been saying what a bargain he was.
Excited to see his get more time learning this role alongside Macca.
CHOO CHOO
Trying to be a bit conservative
If Zubimendi had put that peformance in the first half i'd have wondered why we spent so much money on him. Yes he looked a lot better in the 2nd half.
Of course he's going to say that to cover up for the fact we screwed up getting zubimendi. He's now got to make out that it don't matter as we have gravenberch. If that was the case he wouldn't have wanted zubimendi in the first place.
I do like that he's got that pace and physical presence that lets him stride forward through defensive lines. I always think that's an underrated threat for a team to have in its locker.
It's a promising start. Hopefully he can really knuckle down and learn the position. But it's bound to be a long process compared to having just signed Zubimendi, but what can you do? Maybe he'll turn out to be the superior player in the end.
It's a promising start. Hopefully he can really knuckle down and learn the position. But it's bound to be a long process compared to having just signed Zubimendi, but what can you do? Maybe he'll turn out to be the superior player in the end.
Zubimummystits has 4 years on gravy. Give the guy a chance. We’re spending good money on him. Use him.
it has to be boobymendi
... and therein is the point. We all know he's a young man and needs to settle on a role but we are paying him 'finished article' wages. If he can do the same vs multiple top 6 / CL teams then it'd be great but also it is what we are paying him to do. He's paid 4 times what we pay Curtis and last season he was, at best, on par.
Fully behind him (rapidly) improving but he needed to rapidly improve
Yes he did, but I still expect him to provide a no show appearance like arsenal away last season. It was so bad, I cant get it out of my head
Like I said previously, I wouldn't mind managing with Gravy and Stefan (at DM), and our current backline/cover, if it means we spend some fcuking money on sorting out our attack (today was like Old Trafford all over again with some of those misses).
Salah needs back up.
And Diaz needs to be a sub.
I would love to have signed Kudus. He can cover LW, CF and RW. Has pace, quality and end product.
RW - Salah/Kudus (back up)/Diaz (3rd)
CF - Jota/Kudus (back up)/Cody (3rd)
LW - Kudus/Diaz (back up)/Cody (3rd)
85M for Kudus this summer.
Sell Nunez and buy Isak for 100M next summer.
Salah needs back up.
And Diaz needs to be a sub.
I would love to have signed Kudus. He can cover LW, CF and RW. Has pace, quality and end product.
RW - Salah/Kudus (back up)/Diaz (3rd)
CF - Jota/Kudus (back up)/Cody (3rd)
LW - Kudus/Diaz (back up)/Cody (3rd)
85M for Kudus this summer.
Sell Nunez and buy Isak for 100M next summer.
