"I do the same thing over and over again and I'm the first name on the team sheet. "
- Cody Gakpo
Pre Match EPL West Ham (A) - Sun 30th Nov - 2:05pm
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"I do the same thing over and over again and I'm the first name on the team sheet. "
- Cody Gakpo
The camera panned to Rio a few times on the bench last night and he looked utterly fucked off. He should be, Slot's treatment of fringe players is a fucking disgrace.
I'd be fucked off too watching that. However he's 17 and I doubt he's pissed off at not being on the pitch. He wants to be of course, and may think he can do better, but he's still a baby and realises this may not be his time.
Or maybe he was hoping not to get on as he didn't want to be part of the shit show!
The counterpoint to that is the club have been very keen to say that we didn't want to block his progression.
Fucking shite gakpo plays 90 minutes regardless of performance.
We can't say we don't want to block his progression and then not give the cunt minutes.
He's stagnating and that will continue. He needs to be back down with the u21s to at least play SOME fucking football
There’s always Rio
This is what the we should do, assuming Ekitike is out with a back injury for a while:
-----------------Alisson----------------
Ramsay--Gomez---VVD---Robertson
------------Endo---Gravy-------------
----Szobo------Macca------Chiesa---
------------------Isak-----------------
I know people keep arguing that Rio isn't ready, we lack any genuine pace upfront, Gakpo and Salah offer maginal threat with pace, so maybe swap in Rio for Macca and switch it around a bit. Macca has been poor lying deep, he looks off the pace defensively, so maybe this will free him up too and help get the best out of him. He looked better around the box yesterday, but was poor defensively. Szobo helps Ramsay, Chiesa is industrious too and will work his socks off, and suddenly the whole thing looks a bit more solid and technically a lot better while not sacrificing too much defensively.
-----------------Alisson----------------
Ramsay--Gomez---VVD---Robertson
------------Endo---Gravy-------------
----Szobo------Chiesa------Rio-----
------------------Isak-----------------
Alternately with Chiesa pressing in behind Isak, it gives us the opportunity to press and win the ball and play in Isak and work to his strengths.
-----------------Alisson----------------
Ramsay--Gomez---VVD---Robertson
------------Endo---Gravy-------------
----Szobo------Macca------Chiesa---
------------------Isak-----------------
I know people keep arguing that Rio isn't ready, we lack any genuine pace upfront, Gakpo and Salah offer maginal threat with pace, so maybe swap in Rio for Macca and switch it around a bit. Macca has been poor lying deep, he looks off the pace defensively, so maybe this will free him up too and help get the best out of him. He looked better around the box yesterday, but was poor defensively. Szobo helps Ramsay, Chiesa is industrious too and will work his socks off, and suddenly the whole thing looks a bit more solid and technically a lot better while not sacrificing too much defensively.
-----------------Alisson----------------
Ramsay--Gomez---VVD---Robertson
------------Endo---Gravy-------------
----Szobo------Chiesa------Rio-----
------------------Isak-----------------
Alternately with Chiesa pressing in behind Isak, it gives us the opportunity to press and win the ball and play in Isak and work to his strengths.
Yep, though to be fair, three of the expense are in the treatment room and one is ridiculously still super-unfit (surely that's on the staff?). Kerkez has been poor mind.
Defeats seem inevitable at the moment.
Malaise seems set until a refresh.
Malaise seems set until a refresh.
The drop from everyone looking incredibly fit and never injured last year to this sorry looking band of rickety pensioners is a mystery in itself
Forget the money, money doesn't buy you the grapefruits between your legs nor what they're made of.
This evidently doesn't get fixed by waiting for the talent to shine through, this gets fixed firstly by sacking the man front and center, then hiring someone who knows how to pump up his players and get the crowd onside, and showing balls.
Hard youth Mark
He's been throwing games for 9 months tbf.
It's mad that towards the end of last season the system was being exposed as too open, so Slot opted to open it up even more and buy two weak fullbacks and move Gravenberch. It's that kinda basic stuff, and the dreadful results, that makes me think he hasn't got a didgeridoo.
Ali and Wirtz expected to train ahead of our away defeat in the London Stadium.
I think Cheesy was trying to do that but he’s a bit lightweight
I'd like Slot to be radical and try a change in formation or something so I can at least see he's trying. But actually with the players we have out that's going to be tough. So I'd maybe try:
Allison
Ramsay
Gomez
VVD
Robbo
Szobo
Gravy
Wirtz
Ekitike
Isak
Chiesa
I know Tekkers and Wirtz may not be fit but I can't bring myself to put Salah on the teamsheet. Also, I'd say to Szobo and Gravy that they need to sit deep. If Wirtz isn't fit I'd play Endo and push Szobo forward
Allison
Ramsay
Gomez
VVD
Robbo
Szobo
Gravy
Wirtz
Ekitike
Isak
Chiesa
I know Tekkers and Wirtz may not be fit but I can't bring myself to put Salah on the teamsheet. Also, I'd say to Szobo and Gravy that they need to sit deep. If Wirtz isn't fit I'd play Endo and push Szobo forward
I’d like to see Ramsay get a go just to see what he’s capable of in the PL individually. Obviously we don’t get to see how they do in training but from the glimpses we have seen looks like there is a player there.
Beyond on that it all feels a little like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.
Beyond on that it all feels a little like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.
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