Yeah, I wouldn't be upset to not see Lucas play for us again and give Gil all of those minutes.He should be banging on Contes door asking him what else he wants. He did far more than Lucas did, he worked his arse off when he came on despite barely getting game time this season. Conte can’t keep rewarding players in awful form and then not starting Gil after him changing the game today,
I’m totally with you, but I just know it won’t happen. Really frustratingWe could genuinely have a young exciting right hand side with Gil at RWF and Spence at RWB. It may be porous, but I’d be willing to bet it results in more goals scored than goals conceded.
Still worry about his physicality in the prem but he definitely seems to have developed his confidence and understanding of playing as an inverted winger. He has very much been a left winger who hugs the touchline up to this point.
The only way you get used to physicality of the prem is to play in the prem. This isn't just about increasing volume/strength, it's about increasing things such as your anticipatory abilities when you're about to get snapped in half. In Boxing, there's no better practice to deal with having somebody throwing a punch at you than having somebody actually swing one at you.
If I had one criticism of Conte it would be his attitude towards a player being ready; Yes load them up with tactics on training pitch, that's fine but in any field/skill you name it, you develop from actually participating in what you're trying to be good at and then you look at what you can improve. You can't just be on the training pitch. Spence and Gil if they're going to get better have to be on the pitch. I think it's delaying things sending Gil to a place like Valencia, a prem loan fine but considering how poor we've been chuck these guys in. They will struggle to make things sizeably worse.
I agree with everything you say. My worry is more to do with what Conte values in his system of play. He wants players to win physical duels, when opposition players are touch tight to them so we can then release players into space and counter. This is clearly not something Gil is going to excel at. He would be fine for a team who are more possession based, such as Arsenal, Man City, and even Liverpool, but I just can't see him as a fit for Conte's spurs. I really hope i'm wrong because he has the kind of technical ability that our side is severely missing.
I’d like to see Lucas at RWB. Playing high with a similar position to Perisic and Gill tucking inside. Took up some good positions yesterday and Lucas pace will give him more space
And also he just kept whipping the damn crosses in without second thoughts. Sporting defenders really had a terrible time dealing with those.Nice to have someone on the pitch whose first preference is to turn forwards and not backwards. He's an unpolished diamond. Needs more minutes with the first team. Don't send him out on loan.