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

[Sarisbury Seagull]

On a night of virtually no positives - he was one I thought.

Really impressed with his energy and desire as well as ability. As devastating as Georgi’s injury looks for us as a team in the medium/long term, I thought it was no conicidence that our general performance on the night improved with Gruda on the pitch. Set up our best chance of the game with that beautiful cross to Gomez with his weaker foot too.

Assuming Georgi is out for a while, I really hope Gruda is given a run in the 10 position, looks far more comfortable there than as a winger.

 

[Jim in the West]

On a night of virtually no positives - he was one I thought.

Really impressed with his energy and desire as well as ability. As devastating as Georgi’s injury looks for us as a team in the medium/long term, I thought it was no conicidence that our general performance on the night improved with Gruda on the pitch. Set up our best chance of the game with that beautiful cross to Gomez with his weaker foot too.

Assuming Georgi is out for a while, I really hope Gruda is given a run in the 10 position, looks far more comfortable there than as a winger.

Also, a classy penalty.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Also, a classy penalty.

Yeah forgot about that as I’d wiped the pens from my memory! Brilliant penalty.

 

[AstroSloth]

Also, a classy penalty.

Even Sels was impressed with that pen.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

On a night of virtually no positives - he was one I thought.

Really impressed with his energy and desire as well as ability. As devastating as Georgi’s injury looks for us as a team in the medium/long term, I thought it was no conicidence that our general performance on the night improved with Gruda on the pitch. Set up our best chance of the game with that beautiful cross to Gomez with his weaker foot too.

Assuming Georgi is out for a while, I really hope Gruda is given a run in the 10 position, looks far more comfortable there than as a winger.

Great call.
He’s too one footed to be an effective winger IMO, that said, literally one of the only times he used his right, he stood a beautiful ball up at the far post.

 

[highflyer]

I thought the combination of Gruda and Gomez, looked very good. Which is lucky as it turns out!

Any news on Wieffer (apologies if covered elsewhere but can't see a thread)? Injured or just rested given games coming up? Guessing nobody knows?

 

[Bozza]

He’s too one footed to be an effective winger IMO

I've got someone called Kaoru Mitoma on the line - do you want to take the call?

Oh, and a Yankuba Minteh too.

 

[Han Solo]

I thought the combination of Gruda and Gomez, looked very good. Which is lucky as it turns out!

Any news on Wieffer (apologies if covered elsewhere but can't see a thread)? Injured or just rested given games coming up? Guessing nobody knows?

Injured or sick. Resting a player that has played 70 minutes in 2025?

 

[Barryseagulls]

Grids, Gomez & Pedro gave us the impetus to finish the game far more strongly than the first hour.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I've got someone called Kaoru Mitoma on the line - do you want to take the call?

Oh, and a Yankuba Minteh too.

great response

I’ll guarantee you I’ve seen both of those examples use their ‘standing foot’ more than Gruda.

Yesterday was literally the first I’ve seen Gruda use his right foot to kick a ball more than 20 yards (when he clipped it to the back post).