[Albion] Brajan Gruda **SINGED 14 Aug 2024**

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Seen him enough times now, really not convinced as to what he offers.

Sort of indicative of the overall quality of last Summer's mega-spend

 

[tigertim68]

If Minteh was left out of the starting X1 because he was late, then that was a very very stupid decision.

I agree , cut off your nose to spite your face

 

[Deadly Danson]

I agree , cut off your nose to spite your face

So what would you have done? Fine him? (Wasn't his first offence apparently) Told him not to? Nothing?

 

[London Irish]

If Minteh was left out of the starting X1 because he was late, then that was a very very stupid decision.

Yes, punishments should affect one person, not 30,000

 

[Springal]

Yes, punishments should affect one person, not 30,000

Literally every football manager has the same rules

 

[pigmanovich]

Yes, punishments should affect one person, not 30,000

What a joke. Fabian did punish one person, he could reasonably have expected to win or at least draw yesterday with the other RWs at his disposal.

Amazing how many supporters came into the season concerned Fabian would struggle to earn his squad’s respect given his age but now he’s supposed to let players off the hook for tardiness? That’ll do wonders for his authority

 

[Brian Munich]

Yes, punishments should affect one person, not 30,000

Hopefully it'll stop Minteh, and any other member of the squad, from being late again then.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

What I find frustrating about Gruda, and especially yesterday, was that the showreels we saw when he signed indicated a player who likes to take opponents on and is full of energy. I don't think he tried to go past a defender once against Everton.

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

Gruda should have been the one going on loan to Ipswich.
Definitely not good enough for the Premiership yet!!!

 

[singing4seagulls]

Gruda should have been the one going on loan to Ipswich.
Definitely not good enough for the Premiership yet!!!

Agreed. He's far too lightweight to be a rugby player.

 

[tigertim68]

So what would you have done? Fine him? (Wasn't his first offence apparently) Told him not to? Nothing?

Fine him 2 weeks wages , that will teach him

 

[Deadly Danson]

Fine him 2 weeks wages , that will teach him

And if that's already happened for the first offence?

 

[Balders]

Love all the "hindsight" on here - if we'd have won 2-0 I doubt Minteh being late wouldn't have been discussed and if it was, it would be along the lines of "serves him right".

How one player not starting, in hindsight, could affect the enjoyment of 30,000 fans beggars belief. If Minteh was injured and you knew he wasn't in the side in advance, I take it you wouldn't attend the game?

 

[Deadly Danson]

Love all the "hindsight" on here - if we'd have won 2-0 I doubt Minteh being late wouldn't have been discussed and if it was, it would be along the lines of "serves him right".

How one player not starting, in hindsight, could affect the enjoyment of 30,000 fans beggars belief. If Minteh was injured and you knew he wasn't in the side in advance, I take it you wouldn't attend the game?

It's also the same Minteh who about two weeks ago all the usual suspects had decided was shit.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

You’d be forgiven for thinking Gruda was the full back that first half. Everton loaded everything down their left side to Ndiaye and he gave Veltman a torrid time to the extent Gruda covered for much of the half.

It wasn’t just that Gruda was withdrawn at HT, he also switched Lamptey and Veltman for the second half - our lack of natural left back yesterday seems to have evaded much notice.

I’m glad at least one other person was watching the actual game yesterday.

The work he put in was incredible. Unfortunately, he kept receiving the ball on the half way line with their whole defence lined up in front of him, because it takes us an age to get the ball to our wingers, and it’s never in good areas where they can isolate a full back. Veltman mainly, but some others as well, missed some really good opportunities to put him into these opportunities and took none of them. It was painful to watch, to be honest.

 

[Rdodge30]

receiving the ball on the half way line with their whole defence lined up in front of him, because it takes us an age to get the ball to our wingers, and it’s never in good areas where they can isolate a full back.

That’s often the case on the right hand side of the pitch for us, Estupinan and Mitoma have to be amongst the top left side link ups in the league but I don’t think we ever have that in the right. Veltman plays a very different game than Estupinan and even when Lamptey plays right back he has rarely if ever had anyone of Mitoma’s quality in front of him.

We never seem to be able to “send them away” down the wing and even on the left we seem very cramped for space inside our own half.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

That’s often the case on the right hand side of the pitch for us, Estupinan and Mitoma have to be amongst the top left side link ups in the league but I don’t think we ever have that in the right. Veltman plays a very different game than Estupinan and even when Lamptey plays right back he has rarely if ever had anyone of Mitoma’s quality in front of him.

We never seem to be able to “send them away” down the wing and even on the left we seem very cramped for space inside our own half.

It’s unfortunately all structural. The same problems keep creeping up tactically and that’s on the manager, however much many on here don’t want to lay the blame at his door.

 

[Balders]

It’s unfortunately all structural. The same problems keep creeping up tactically and that’s on the manager, however much many on here don’t want to lay the blame at his door.

So is that squarely on the Manager or might you pin it on Recruitment? FH is working with what he's got - sadly we don't have an Estupinan playing at right back whoever is in front of them! Managers drive the tactics to suit the player, unless we have a squad of Robots that can do everything the Manager asks ;-)

 

[zefarelly]

Literally every football manager has the same rules

Also, Literally every football fan is irrelevant.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

So is that squarely on the Manager or might you pin it on Recruitment? FH is working with what he's got - sadly we don't have an Estupinan playing at right back whoever is in front of them! Managers drive the tactics to suit the player, unless we have a squad of Robots that can do everything the Manager asks ;-)

I have my own frustrations about our recruitment - for £200m, I think we’re nowhere near good enough for the investment - but tactically we make the same mistakes at home as we did in FHs first home game. He’s not adapting. He’s not developing tactically. That’s on him. He’s just not very good.