Holmowl Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Remember when our side was Reach and ten second-choice players? We had a top six side, but barring Reach they were all out injured. With Lees and Forestieri back we now have every first teamer and likely sub fit and available. It is a fantastic place to be. Even with a suspension or injury or two we are in great shape. Lees has hardly been missed, with Borner and Iorfa gelling brilliantly. Borner will miss a game very soon when he gets a yellow, and we have the luxury of a Lees-Iorfa pairing as “cover”. Hutch sat out and Luongo came in, played well and scored the winner. Lee can’t even get into the side. If Harris or Reach struggle wide we have Murphy and Forestieri. Many posters would have Forestieri as a first choice anyway. At full-back we have 4 for two places. It is probably only at striker where we have an issue. No problem with the quantity of options, but an issue with its quality. Especially if we stick with 433, which only suits Fletcher. (though Monk has showed he is not a slave to a formation so if Fletch is out for a while we might well see 442 which probably suits the other strikers more). Huge respect to our medical/physio team. It can’t be a coincidence what happened between 2015 and 2018, but touch-wood it’s all history, leaving us with a healthier squad and pretty well-balanced squad. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Yes, need to clear this up, without that list, injured players could be playing when they shouldn’t be, and that’s not good 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philb125 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 From listening to Hutchinson on commentary this weekend he said that the training preseason was the toughest he could remember, 9 days of running and fitness. He also said that football has changed (albeit I think its just managers) as he said Carlos was great at managing individuals with many not training every session, but now he said everyone trains every session and if you're tired, sore etc you train anyway. Carlos approach very short term motivated, think of next game not next month, next season etc and I think that had massively took its toll on our players. That combined with bad luck too. Fingers crossed, everyone stays healthy this term! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodwickOwl Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Lee will play a bit part this year which is a shame but the writing was on the wall for him after his horrendous lay off - I bet he's loving actually training, being on the bench and being in games again after that dark period. He will leave at the end of the season and will be able to play in League One week in week out if he keeps himself injury free this year - and so he should, 32 next year and can carry on for a couple more years and see his career our. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Carlos was clearly inept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dukeries Owl Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Maybe we released some of our physio room's regular residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Tbf releasing Matias and hooper helped it some what . Sacking clueless was the main reason . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Yeah jinx it why don’t you pal Edited October 9, 2019 by Sonny 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Look at whose left the club...there’s your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Carlos out, Strudwick in, injuries gone. Boom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 59 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Yes, need to clear this up, without that list, injured players could be playing when they shouldn’t be, and that’s not good Pity Carlos didnt understand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, 2roland2 said: FF, Hutch, Westwood, lee, lees, bannan, pretty sure Palmer was injured a lot, im sure others are still here, apart from lees which have these have been out for sustained periods since they were allowed to recoup and then given the right fitness training? Brush it aside all you want but none of players were conditioned, the game changed years ago, it’s not like the 90s where players like Hirst Palmer and Sheridan could be out all night pissed and rock up on a Saturday to play out of their skins. Dont think you could argue with that. And you can add Fletcher to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 We need some stats to show how less injured we are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, torres said: We need some stats to show how less injured we are Now - 0 Before - LOTS 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just now, Holmowl said: Now - 0 Before - LOTS You can't argue with that!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowOwl Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Holmowl said: Now - 0 Before - LOTS I'm not getting too excited yet until we start playing the bully teams. We've had all the "nice teams" so far. We've played none of the top 6 yellow card teams yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowOwl Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On that note, anyone understand this fair play table? Are we a bully team? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/fairnesstabelle/wettbewerb/GB2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worksop Wednesday Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 37 minutes ago, TodwickOwl said: Lee will play a bit part this year which is a shame but the writing was on the wall for him after his horrendous lay off - I bet he's loving actually training, being on the bench and being in games again after that dark period. He will leave at the end of the season and will be able to play in League One week in week out if he keeps himself injury free this year - and so he should, 32 next year and can carry on for a couple more years and see his career our. agree with this many asking why he was on bench and Joey played last week but we don't know where KL is with his fitness thought 2nd half v Barnsley he was like he'd never been away but maybe he simply cant do 90 mins or even 60 without pain or further risk etc let him have this season, it 's more than some expected, and then we move on end of season departure along with some significant others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, 2roland2 said: Even you can’t argue with those stats torres Rumours were it was Big Gary Golfer who kept nudging into everyone with his oversized backside - putting people out for months on end 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighworthOwl Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Potentially played a blinder with Bruce. He came in sorted out a lot of the issues behind the scenes. "Sold him" to Newcastle and bring in Monk to carry on the good work. Well played Chansiri was clearly his plan all along... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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