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With 13 league games still to go, this was another clear indication that this is not going to be an easy ride.

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I did see for the first time this season that players were more tired than they have been.”

Having been battling on four fronts with little respite, tiredness was always going to be a concern heading into these last few months of the season, especially during this gruelling run.

For all the criticism leveled at him after the defeat to Plymouth, the last couple of games have perfectly demonstrated why Slot made such sweeping changes.

With just the Premier League, Champions League and a Carabao Cup final to contend with now, every game is going to call for Slot’s strongest possible team.

Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch did not enjoy their finest day as they failed to reach their usual standards during a difficult second half.



James McConnell is not ready to be challenging for a starting spot, while Harvey Elliott is not suited to those deeper roles.

Therefore, Mac Allister and Gravenberch are surely going to have to be relied upon for the majority of the remaining games, if not all of them

Seeing them both flagging against Wolves and, in Gravenberch’s case, Everton is not an encouraging sign then.

The Dutchman has been the revelation of the season after being moved into the No.6 role, but we are perhaps starting to see the sheer toll playing as many games as he has can have, especially for a player that has been used much more sparingly over the last couple of years.

Slot is going to have to monitor Mac Allister and Gravenberch closely during the remainder of the season, and Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai are almost certainly going to be required to fill in a little deeper in order to ease the burden on their teammates
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