05 Aug 2025 13:36:17
After yesterday's games, assuming everybody is fully fit and healthy who loses out in the midfield trio from Wirtz, Szobo, Grav and MacA in our best 11? Or is there any such thing as a best 11 these days and it depends on the opposition?
I would have thought Szobo would be the one to lose out but could it be MacA?
05 Aug 2025 14:17:59
I asked the same question the other day, Jonbonone. I think Slot will favour Mac Allister, but there will hopefully be loads of games to go around.
05 Aug 2025 14:19:47
repeat after me. "ROTATION"
05 Aug 2025 14:28:48
I have a feeling Szobo plays RB. Very interesting that he was put there again when Frimpong was subbed off.
I think Slot wants them all in the team.
TBF Frimpong was good yesterday and the game before. But Szobo has been standout in this preseason. I think we'll line up fully fit
Alisson
Szobo (RB)
Konate
VVD
Kerkez
Grav
Macca
Flo
Gakpo
Isak (hopefully)
Salah
That team is outrageous to be quite honest.
05 Aug 2025 14:33:08
I wouldn’t be surprised if come season end they all have relatively the same number of appearances, Wirtz and Grav maybe used slightly more than Macca and Szobo. I think it depends completely on opposition. I’d expect maybe Grav, Macca and Wirtz against teams we should be beating, Szobo in for Macca for tighter games, and maybe all four in away games against the likes of City and Arsenal with a forward dropping out. From a fan perspective, picking our fantasy 11 with nothing on the line, i’d personally go Grav, Macca and Wirtz.
05 Aug 2025 14:52:46
I would rather we play one of our right backs at right back.
05 Aug 2025 15:10:19
Id have Gravenberch
Szoboszlai Mac allister
Wirtz
Salah Gakpo
Just my thoughts, Ekitike, Chiesa, Eliott, Jones and Endo on the bench.
05 Aug 2025 15:10:32
Kaiser, hear what you're saying, but how often did Arne rotate last year?
05 Aug 2025 17:07:12
We didn't have Wirtz last season Rome.
05 Aug 2025 17:33:00
I'm not sure how having Wirtz, EM, will have a bearing on whether Slot rotates more or not.
06 Aug 2025 10:53:21
Rome, think he's saying we have better players to rotate so more likely to. I can see us playing with Wirtz behind salah and gakpo also on occasion, so grav, maccaroni, szobo and Wirtz all in the team. Especially if we don't get Isak or even if we do. We have a lot of players capable of playing in different roles.