Eggs66
Roofer
It is quite clear to everyone that this season is taking it's toll on all clubs...with ours suffering as badly (if not worse) than most others (apart, of course, from Liverpool who have had it worse than most battalions at The Somme if you believe Klopp & SSNs).
Other threads have discussed this, and whether we should have let some players go in January...on whether we should have tried to get one or two in...and on whether FFP is killings us...
...but on a very simple practical level, could/should we have done something different. Personally I think our squad has been managed well....but the problem with "managing" is reflected on the constant stream of injuries which now threaten to destroy our season. If it is simply a case over over-working the players...maybe we should have just rested them. Almost all of them. For say, 2 weeks. Played absolute b-team and an academy player or two. Given 8, 9, 10 of the first team two weeks off. No starts, no sub appearances.
Yes - we might have lost those games. But we are losing games anyway whilst we patch up players...PLUS we are incurring yet more injuries. It is ever-decreasing circles of pain. Complete rest would be like the circuit breaker. You take the hit of losing 3 on the bounce...but the players are fit and rested and rearing to go for the rest of the season.
This slow drip drip drip of exhaustion's knock-on effects is so desperately frustrating to watch....
Other threads have discussed this, and whether we should have let some players go in January...on whether we should have tried to get one or two in...and on whether FFP is killings us...
...but on a very simple practical level, could/should we have done something different. Personally I think our squad has been managed well....but the problem with "managing" is reflected on the constant stream of injuries which now threaten to destroy our season. If it is simply a case over over-working the players...maybe we should have just rested them. Almost all of them. For say, 2 weeks. Played absolute b-team and an academy player or two. Given 8, 9, 10 of the first team two weeks off. No starts, no sub appearances.
Yes - we might have lost those games. But we are losing games anyway whilst we patch up players...PLUS we are incurring yet more injuries. It is ever-decreasing circles of pain. Complete rest would be like the circuit breaker. You take the hit of losing 3 on the bounce...but the players are fit and rested and rearing to go for the rest of the season.
This slow drip drip drip of exhaustion's knock-on effects is so desperately frustrating to watch....