I'm never that bothered about pre-season opponents. I didn't join the chorus of adulation when we played Inter in 2007 and I'm not beating myself up that we're playing Boro now. One thing I do know, though, is that the latter will give us a far more relevant warm-up now than the former could, no matter how big the crowd or glamorous the opposition.
Quote from: KevinGage on July 14, 2016, 02:33:59 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on July 10, 2016, 02:51:24 PMI'm more saying his ability is what is in his head. The fitness piece is critical for it all to come together. He's a smart player and one who didn't rely on immense pace or bursts of energy during games. I sort of get what you mean, but there is fit and then there is football fit. JPA never relied at speed at his best, but when he came back after is knee injury, he was usually a yard off the pace. Bent and Dublin were never the same after their injuries and so on. At that is guys who were never out of the loop training-wise, once their injuries healed. That said, you could make an argument that Stan might still have some more miles in the tank because he HASN'T been going flat out with training and games for the past four years. I think it is possible he could come back and make some contribution, which is amazing in itself. But we'll have to temper our expectations. In a football context is a knee injury worse than the illness suffered by Stan?
Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 10, 2016, 02:51:24 PMI'm more saying his ability is what is in his head. The fitness piece is critical for it all to come together. He's a smart player and one who didn't rely on immense pace or bursts of energy during games. I sort of get what you mean, but there is fit and then there is football fit. JPA never relied at speed at his best, but when he came back after is knee injury, he was usually a yard off the pace. Bent and Dublin were never the same after their injuries and so on. At that is guys who were never out of the loop training-wise, once their injuries healed. That said, you could make an argument that Stan might still have some more miles in the tank because he HASN'T been going flat out with training and games for the past four years. I think it is possible he could come back and make some contribution, which is amazing in itself. But we'll have to temper our expectations.
I'm more saying his ability is what is in his head. The fitness piece is critical for it all to come together. He's a smart player and one who didn't rely on immense pace or bursts of energy during games.
Team vs Telford tomorrow. I'm going to the Worcester City game so presume everyone else wil be playing:Pierluigi Gollini, Viktor Johansson, Tommy Elphick, Nathan Baker, Easah Suliman, Niall Mason, Aly Cissokho, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Ashley Westwood, Andre Green, Harry McKirdy, Jordan Ayew, Scott Sinclair, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Henry Cowans, Rudy Gestede
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