He had a poor game today. He put us in a hole that we exhausted ourselves climbing out because we are clueless.
He's older. If we want to preserve older players at their best, we need suitable options. We can get more out of him, less of the time.
Instead we opt to become more reliant on our players, precisely as they decline.
Is it shocking they are declining? No. Do they have backups? No. Do we manage their minutes? No.
We are fucking slow, and stupid and behind, and now it's rotting and everyone has to play in the stench of death.
He got Gomez injured did he? Just think about that. Yep. Gomez would have gone on to be a mainstay for us if only he didn't have to push himself to defend something after one game back.
You know who got him injured? The director of football.