Yes, I remember one of them, I think it was in the second half, at least the one that stuck with me. Just stepping up to intercept rather than getting passive. And it’s not the first game he does that either, seems like it’s just a thing he does. Very alert.
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I was and the sound was great. An overall good performance. Macallister, Szlobozai and Wittz all played well. The right side of defence and Virgil all did well. Great atmosphere. Let’s carry it on to Saturday. 
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Please don’t give up on a player who helped us greatly in winning the league but he has sat in the knowledge that he would get picked for every game by Slot. This manager more or less gave him a kick up the backside and is leaving him out and putting him on afterwards and that way I’m sure he will get back the old Gravenberch, I just hope hope he doesn’t get miffed and give up.
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He doesn’t half cover the ground fast with his long legs and he is so calm and collected for such a young guy.
Have to say, I don’t really rate him.
But he now has the chance to stake a claim for his spot. I think the question is what he adds is one Iraola will ask and it’s for Grav to show her adds something important. Hopefully he does and rises to the challenge. Has lost his place in recent games
It could be he’s having some adaptation issues and needs some time. Out of the starting eleven now, but I think there will be plenty of game time for him. I’m definitely not writing any player off just because of a bad start. As long as they’re the players we have, all we can do is wish them well - in between all our complaining.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts against Fulham. It’s a short break between Atletico and the next game, so if Iraola is looking for the same type of effort he might have to make a couple of changes.
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Have we ever had such a scrabble friendly squad?
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Very good win against a very tricky customer. Really pleased with that, on a number of levels.
Just want to comment on the Isak thing, as I think it is a new rule. If a player goes down and the game is paused, even if he doesn’t need treatment he has to go off the pitch and wait for one minute before coming back on.
The rule is designed to stop play-acting.
Ironically, Isak was on the sharp end of the ruling even though he was legitimately hurt, while Atletico play-acted their way through the whole match.
I couldn’t be more delighted that we beat them.
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Loved it lol
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When Conor returns, our right FB options will be Araujo, Conor, Joe and Frimpong. Frimpong can also be deployed as RW where he cannot be got at. YNWA!
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How are you gonna move someone with 5 years odd left on the contract at 280k GBP per week? There is not much clubs in the world that can match or improve on the Salary in Europe for essentially a squad player…
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That’s not our problem that’s on the club.
There didn’t seem to be many problems when it came to Gakpo even if he did stay in the end.
So what do we know?
Nothing, for example what happened to Macca and Jones. All we do is speculate.
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Very true.
Very foolish from us really. At the very least we´d likely have to pay some of his wages.
Kinda nonsensical too that we thought we had to do it. Where was he going to go that would offer him that kinda money?
If by not our problem you mean the club’s ability to spend in the future shouldn’t bother us then you would be correct.
280K per week is crazy for anyone who isn’t a top, top player. I want to say for anyone in general… but we all know football salaries are crazy but this is a different level.
Would be reflected in the asking price i guess but also by how much the player wants the move and their willingness to take a lesser wage if necessary to make it happen.
Another factor is how much of that figure (if accurate) is his base wage and how much is bonus related.
From some articles, 280k is the base salary…
Glad it took only little effort from me for common sense to resume. German Res’s legs are gone, but will always remain a legend, one has to recognize and retire when the time comes.
QS ranking climb for the Ballon d’ Or is looking good too!
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