However as previously mentioned by a few of us, if our entire season hinges on a RB/RWB then we're in a pretty parlous state anyway. Bad enough being a one man team but when that's a defender, we cannot seriously have designs on the highest positions in the table.
or get a rrasonable back up, not a techincally limited guy(legend accepted) who is breathing out of his ar$e in 20 mins becuase he is two years past his date.
For me its complete bollox and blame shifting. To have a personal fitness coach he must have provided sufficient data to Potter to make a decision on his minutes.
But that isn't how football works. James might be made of glass, the signs aren't good. We must have competition there and if the next one coeming in can hold his position then James either gets used elsewhere or sits out. Benches are full of multi million pound players. Both Lmaptey or Livramento could have coem in durign this period and been good enough to keep James out. We need to get a player that is good enough for the position and hopefully has enough versatility to be used elsewhere if necessary.
Because by minutes built up I obviously mean in competitive football. But i'm not going to repeat myself on this matter.
Its how the game operates for every single player. Why should it be any different for him. If he needs to be out for 4 months before being in contention then that is fine. He needs to go away and sort his rehab out properly. We need to then get an alternative and Reece will then need to work his way back and try to compete, but of course run the risk of not gettign back in. Its the same for all.
What do you mean? And shouldn't it be slightly different for him as he's injury prone and our most important player. To me it would make sense to show extra caution and I will be of the same opinion when he's "ready" again after another month out. But I gather you want to throw him right into the XI again when he's trained for a littlebit?
Why do you keep saying this. Its a professional football club and dealing with injured players is an every day part of that process. He will be and would have been given a full rehab programme and will be fully monitored throughout. He would have got to a point where his medical staff would have sanctioned his return. Its not down to Potter or any other part of the matchday team, unless they overrode the advice from the fitness team.
Plenty of players who is okay with being 2nd but harder to find someone that isn't a huge drop in quality
You can't find RB who is as good as Reece. What we need is improvement on other position so if there is a drop off in one position , the impact on the team is not significant.
I agree. I think the first half against Bournemouth is what Potter wants in his football (which is something I wanted to see from him immediately). Dynamic front three, more bodies in the attacking end, two CMs being utilized as outlets and overloading the midfield, and always a midfielder bombarding forward into vacant space when an attacking player drops.
Sconnie, I can't believe a top Premier League team has a team of players who are exhausted after 60 minutes. It looks that way, but why ?
