Ronaldinho in the dressing room alongside Acun with greetings & encouragement to inspire the team , positive tactic.#utt
As regards Ohio, I would guess they feel he needs a bit more time to settle and isn’t quite ready for getting thrown into big games or he didn’t react well to being left out the other night and it’s a bit of a man management.
As for Slater, was it the end of the Southampton game that he was hobbling a bit after a knock? Maybe just feeling that he’s not ready for a start this soon after.