LV Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Dub Yedlin Lascelles Fede Rose Shelvey Bentaleb Ritchie Miggy ASM Jo F'ng Ritchie man. You SERIOUSLY think Rose will play again this season? Have you seen the size of him? Trail of chips up the wing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Shelvey and Bentaleb would be remarkable, a Premier League central midfield without anyone who can muster more than a light jog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 When Sheff Utd beat us, you can see his excuse. They played a game before we did, and they were already match fit and had an advantage. I can see the fat mess saying it already. Well, you know it's going to be true. I would have fancied them to be better prepared anyway, with an extra game under their belt, I'm not even sure we'll be anywhere near them on the pitch. Ironically our best bet would be if we don't attack like he's supposedly planning, and just park the bus and hope for a fluke goal from somewhere. That will mean fitness will be less of a factor, and is also his usual game plan anyway, so works on two fronts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Shelvey and Bentaleb would be remarkable, a Premier League central midfield without anyone who can muster more than a light jog. Like Butt and Geremi all over again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Aiming for a 5th consecutive home clean sheet in a row. Would take a snide 1-0 like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Aiming for a 5th consecutive home clean sheet in a row. Would take a snide 1-0 like. That would all but guarantee that we don't get relegated, so would make the rest of the season a bit more enjoyable. Would take. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Aiming for a 5th consecutive home clean sheet in a row. Would take a snide 1-0 like. I had to look that up as it seems ages ago! Chelsea 1-0 (how!) Oxford 0-0 Norwich 0-0 (how!) Burnley 0-0 "Front foot, attacking football" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Aiming for a 5th consecutive home clean sheet in a row. Would take a snide 1-0 like. I had to look that up as it seems ages ago! Chelsea 1-0 (how!) Oxford 0-0 Norwich 0-0 (how!) Burnley 0-0 "Front foot, attacking football" The Chelsea goal was a last minute smash and grab goal aswell :lol: We've defended pretty well at home tbf, but the attacking has been woeful like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Norwich were easily the better team against us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Norwich were easily the better team against us. True, we were lucky in that game. Easily could've lost that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Think it’s a safe bet we’ll pick up the most injuries of any team in the first couple of weeks back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Aiming for a 5th consecutive home clean sheet in a row. Would take a snide 1-0 like. I had to look that up as it seems ages ago! Chelsea 1-0 (how!) Oxford 0-0 Norwich 0-0 (how!) Burnley 0-0 "Front foot, attacking football" The Chelsea goal was a last minute smash and grab goal aswell :lol: We've defended pretty well at home tbf, but the attacking has been woeful like. I legitimatly cannot remember us beating Chelsea at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butcher Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Think it’s a safe bet we’ll pick up the most injuries of any team in the first couple of weeks back. Based on what, other than agenda? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Picking up loads of injuries pre-COVID Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Think it’s a safe bet we’ll pick up the most injuries of any team in the first couple of weeks back. Based on what, other than agenda? Based on the fact that even before having 3 months off due to Covid, Monsieur Bruce’s record of knacking players was pretty shit. I can’t imagine he gave the players a science-backed fitness plan to follow during lockdown and I can’t imagine he’ll have employed much subtlety in trying to get them match fit again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butcher Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Think it’s a safe bet we’ll pick up the most injuries of any team in the first couple of weeks back. Based on what, other than agenda? Based on the fact that even before having 3 months off due to Covid, Monsieur Bruce’s record of knacking players was pretty s***. I can’t imagine he gave the players a science-backed fitness plan to follow during lockdown and I can’t imagine he’ll have employed much subtlety in trying to get them match fit again. You think the manager handles the players fitness programmes and monitor their match fitness all by himself? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Do you not think Bruce was largely to blame for our injuries earlier in the season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butcher Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 No idea relly, but I do know there’s a medical team in place to tell him if players are fit to play or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Rafa seemed to have a good idea of when to play players and not run them into the ground. We certainly didn't lose 4 players before 50 mins in a game under Rafa It's the same medical team I think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Exactly. A manager should be absolutely involved in the issue of player fitness ffs. To disavow this fat cunt of any responsibility in regard to player fitness is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butcher Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Exactly. A manager should be absolutely involved in the issue of player fitness ffs. To disavow this fat c*** of any responsibility in regard to player fitness is ridiculous. Who’s saying that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Exactly. A manager should be absolutely involved in the issue of player fitness ffs. To disavow this fat c*** of any responsibility in regard to player fitness is ridiculous. Who’s saying that? Well what are you saying exactly? You seem to be implying that a manager doesn't have his own input on whether to risk a player, but I would reckon Rafa is a lot more cautious than Bruce based on what we've seen in the last few seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butcher Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 All I said is that he’s got medical team in place to help him with fitness and injuries. Have I once stated that he is blameless? No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 You asked what it was based on and people said Bruce's record of managing players fitness so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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