Ryan Gravenberch

[rudedog]

The Inter players were really getting up close when our players were receiving the ball, I think that suited Grav as he can use special turn to spin away. He seems to struggle more when players stand off him when he receives the ball - think premier league teams have sussed this.

[danperkins]

Seemed odd that Inter allowed him to do that....EPL teams rarely do nowadays.

yeah he did it multiple times, hard to know whether Italian sides just give that little bit more space or their tempo is slower. Lets hope he can carry that through to the league games but Brighton is a tough game and I would be surprised if they give him anywhere near that much space to perform.

[Paul12]

love when he breaks ranks like that and glides up the pitch.

Seemed odd that Inter allowed him to do that....EPL teams rarely do nowadays.

[danperkins]

Very aggressive carrying the ball forwards and made some great runs with the ball to get the team up the pitch.

love when he breaks ranks like that and glides up the pitch.

[peterbread]

Very aggressive carrying the ball forwards and made some great runs with the ball to get the team up the pitch.

[danperkins]

Thought he was great last night, looked back to his old self. Work rate was great, he was a driving force up the pitch too.

[frank the tank]

Makes such a huge difference to how we play

[Paul12]

I see people have been watching that @AdamClery video then.

[peterbread]

We so good at winning headers with virg and konate but it's the second ball that seems to drop to the opposition every time, putting us under lots of pressure. We need people in the deep midfield positions after turn arounds.

The balance is off and it’s to easy for the opposition to get out with a simple long ball avoiding the press as everyone is so high up the pitch.

[Cerbie]

I feel that Virg at least tries to find a player, but Ibou just seems to be happy to get his head to the ball first, and doesn't try to direct it so much.

Yeah, but that would require the ability to know where they are AND the skill to be able to direct to them - he's no Virgil, that's for sure!

[Scratch]

We so good at winning headers with virg and konate but it's the second ball that seems to drop to the opposition every time, putting us under lots of pressure. We need people in the deep midfield positions after turn arounds.

I feel that Virg at least tries to find a player, but Ibou just seems to be happy to get his head to the ball first, and doesn't try to direct it so much.

[Kenneth]

We so good at winning headers with virg and konate but it's the second ball that seems to drop to the opposition every time, putting us under lots of pressure. We need people in the deep midfield positions after turn arounds.

[baitman]

I said before the transfer window started we need a new centreback and DM as a priority. Not playing a proper DM who is prepared to sit and protect the backline is naive, tactically. Whenever Grav does not play we are awful. And him pushing further forward is also causing us problems at the back.

No idea why we didnt move Endo on and look to bring in someone Slot did trust, especially as we were looking to blow 100m the previous summer on Caicedo and Lavia.

It just baffles me as Grav seems to be our most important player.

The way we are so open to the long ball and quick break is a massive worry...
Or insistence on playing such a high line is crazy, especially with aging legs on our centre backs.
Our centre backs are further forward than most clubs DM so it creates a further issue.
Our dm isn't covering when we are attacking, so the dm and cb's all get bypassed with a quick counter.

[Charly]

I said before the transfer window started we need a new centreback and DM as a priority. Not playing a proper DM who is prepared to sit and protect the backline is naive, tactically. Whenever Grav does not play we are awful. And him pushing further forward is also causing us problems at the back.

No idea why we didnt move Endo on and look to bring in someone Slot did trust, especially as we were looking to blow 100m the previous summer on Caicedo and Lavia.

It just baffles me as Grav seems to be our most important player.

[Norbs]

No, but what I HAVE noticed is that, when he plays, we play differently. Hugely.