Mickey back mid January though I read earlier
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Mickey back mid January though I read earlier
Last thing we want to do is rush him back though.
Cold days / nights in January with stupid var checks and 100min games is the perfect recipe for hamstring/muscle injuries
Begs the question as to why he was signed if he's not good enough.
The rush to sign him and get him to join the tour suggested he was going to play a role in the squad but so far no evidence of that.
Anyone expecting this young man to come in at 18 and be ready to play regular CB for a top 4 team was on crack.
Was at best 6th in line for a starting place. Crazy we are talking about him starting.
Hoping up see him play for the u23s next year. (After watching them v Leeds didn’t think Dorrington looked ready for a premier league game either)
Not that doesn't beg any question at all
He's 18, did he sign a 12 month contract or a 5 year contract?
There are always half a dozen nut jobs who think the answer to any injury crisis is to throw in the academy lads. Not just at centre back but in any position.
As though those that actually manage the development of these players haven’t already thought of that and decided against it for very good reason.
Tell players to do excercises during VAR checks.
They excercise before a game, can do the same during excessive VAR checks. Fans reckon the hanging around can possible be a reason for hamstring pulls etc so if excercise helps eg keep muscles etc warm and flexible why not?What like burpees and star jumps? I bet they’ll love that…
I don’t think it makes much difference tbh, the break probably helps them rehydrate if anything. I just don’t think players will fancy exercising during a break in the game, it’ll go down like a lead ballon with them. A bit of stretching and keeping moving is probably fair enough.
Fair criticism.
20 or 25 games a season Romero is still worth having though. And if the back ups were better, no-one would get worked up about it.
If it's 'not good enough', what do you propose?
Sell?
Try harder? From the outside, he appears highly committed under Ange. No doubt he is acutely aware of his disciplinary and injury record. I just see him as a Pepe / Ramos character and accept this is him.
The only sensible option here is to buy another top centre back to compete and provide cover, something it looks like we are attempting to do.
We should be looking for a player to rival him to push him or eventually take over his spot, if he can't stay fit and can't stay disciplined then if we are a serious club we should be looking to replace him at some point.
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These are exactly the kind of circumstances that youngsters often get their first big break. Of course he really could be just that bad in training for Ange to prefer Emerson, who are we to say.
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Being anxous about losing both our top quality CBs and having no credible backups isn't allowed any more.Well we've lost our world cup winning centre back Christian Romero.....