Schalke: 3 things Michael Gregoritsch needs to do to survive
By Josh Sippie
1. Learn to play off teammates
Essentially what this comes down to is that he’s only had five matches. He may say that it feels like he’s been here for years, and it may have looked that way against Monchengladbach, but it hasn’t been that long at all. And we also have to keep in mind that David Wagner is rotating the attack a lot due to injury and availability.
Gregoritsch showed a high capacity to play with Raman against Monchengladbach, and that’s a partnership we will see plenty of going forward. But Amine Harit is another guy that Gregoritsch can thrive with if we just give them time to gel. Harit missed out on that massive debut, and since then Schalke have been flat.
Given Gregoritsch time to figure out his teammates. To understand how the fullbacks attack and when he can expect to get aerial service in the box. To understand how to best utilize his strength in tandem with the speed and precision of guys like Raman and the creativity of Harit.
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He’s very, very much a service-needed kind of guy. That being the case, the service has to be properly understood before he can make the most of it.