PSV at home, Champions League, 26th November

[baitman]

I think I'd nearly prefer to see Robbo or Kerkez play right back than see Dom there.

Neither robbo or kerkez can do **** all with their right foot, who scouts these players ffs!
Defo can't put slobz at rb as it compromises our midfield play too much.

[kingfunk]

Right back is a pain in the hole but I'd go with Gomez there

Not fit to start, needs injection in his knee to be part of the squad.

[fidget]

Gomez if fit at right back and unleash Kerkez going to a back 3 when he bombs forward.
Grav, Macca and Jones with Dom, Hugo and Isaak up top

[brightred]

I don't know what his problem with Gomez is. He has been so good for us over years.
Deserves a bit of respect.
As for Kakpo. Ir really helps to be Dutch. Chiesa should be starting tomorrow.

[Cerbie]

As others have pointed out, Slot has his favourites and the alternative rarely gets more than a few minutes as a sub.

Chiesa, Endo, Elliott, Ramsay etc

[kingfunk]

Ffs, Gomez needs pain killing injections to even make the squad, what part of that screams Slot should be starting him??

[Doc_Piptorious]

Ffs, Gomez needs pain killing injections to even make the squad, what part of that screams Slot should be starting him??

I hope it is not true as that would be terrible management.

[kingfunk]

I hope it is not true as that would be terrible management.

What would be terrible management?

[Doc_Piptorious]

What would be terrible management?

A player needing pain management injections just to train or to sit on the bench week after week.

Pain management is something that might be used, with medical advice, so getting through a single game or whatever but when you get into the realms of needing it just to train and what not, then sorting whatever the issue becomes the priority.

Pain medication is potentially a very slipperly slope, not to mention the risk of doing damage to one's body if numbing your body's warning signals on a regular basis.

As I said though, hope it is not true and hope if there is a grain of truth to it that it is a once off or rare thing for the player.

[kingfunk]

It is true, he said it in the PC today.

I’m sure it is not Slot walking around with a syringe deciding who gets injections. That is medical advice, not a managerial whim. What is the alternative here? If the medical team say he can play with pain management and the player agrees, then that is the reality of Gomez’s situation.

We all think we know the answers, but none of us really know what is going on behind the scenes. For all we know, the reason he was not sold is because he would not pass a medical anywhere else, and maybe that is why Quansah was moved on instead.

Look at Ledley King, he played his last couple of seasons on injections. It is not unheard of.

[kingfunk]

Slot said it today, and you could tell he only mentioned it because he was sick of people asking why Gomez is not playing. He even said he would not normally go into that sort of detail, which tells you how fed up he is with the speculation. That should be enough to show it is not some weird managerial choice. It is a medical situation being managed by professionals.

[Doc_Piptorious]

It is true, he said it in the PC today.

I’m sure it is not Slot walking around with a syringe deciding who gets injections. That is medical advice, not a managerial whim. What is the alternative here? If the medical team say he can play with pain management and the player agrees, then that is the reality of Gomez’s situation.

We all think we know the answers, but none of us really know what is going on behind the scenes. For all we know, the reason he was not sold is because he would not pass a medical anywhere else, and maybe that is why Quansah was moved on instead.

Look at Ledley King, he played his last couple of seasons on injections. It is not unheard of.

No it is not unheard. In many sports for sure.

It is just something that catches my eye/ear whenever I hear it. And it is the second or third time I have heard/read it mentioned this season.

As you say it most likely is a once off thing in a controlled enviroment, but will always be something that gets my attention, rightly or wrongly.

[Exiled_red]

I don't know what his problem with Gomez is. He has been so good for us over years.
Deserves a bit of respect.
As for Kakpo. Ir really helps to be Dutch. Chiesa should be starting tomorrow.

The situation with Gomez is weird. I know he not fit at the moment and talk of needing pain killing injections to play, but that hasn't been the case all season. Konate has been **** and we have played midfielders out of position at RB. Those are Gomez' 2 positions if he can't play in those situations when is he going to get game time?

Palace were supposedly interested in him as a make weight in the Guehi deal but we wanted to keep him for his versatility. But he barely ****ing played! We might as well have accepted that deal from Palace as we'd have had Guehi who would at least have had some games. I like Gomez but if he's not played with what we have had this season there's not much point in him being here.

[brightred]

Ffs, Gomez needs pain killing injections to even make the squad, what part of that screams Slot should be starting him??

Does he really?
How do you know that?

[Harv]

Yeah he’s ****ed if he keeps going with the same strategy. I’ll caveat that with that it may work in the CL but he 100% has to try something different in the League.

If Dom starts at RB again then he’s a ****ing idiot.

Buzzo's going full Harv. Times must be bad