Its pretty funny how many dopes we have on this forum commenting that it is ferris fault and the fitness we have so many injuries. Broken jaw, high ankle strains, broken collar bones, cracked ribs etc. If only we had a better fitness trainer we would be made of steel and a cracked rip all smashed jaw even tearing the ligaments off the bone above the ankle wouldn't bother us. FfS we had injuries last year under donny. Didn't he himself just comment on how well they have been recovering and getting up for these tough matches given the lack of recovery time and we have been finishing well in matches. Not hunched over out of breathe getting flogged in the final 10 mins. Im in agreement some people on here just like to dribble
I'm not sure that's the sentiment people are trying to say Simon, at least from my take. Quite a few games, we have had some pretty (no, VERY) strong line-ups.
The team has looked quite flat at times (and I understand the 5 day turnarounds would have affected this).
My opinion is that our middle defense is either lazy, unfit or out of sync (and I don't consider our team lazy). Fast play the balls, dummy half runs and dummies from the attackers seem to get the best of us up the middle. I've been seeing flailing arms in defense, jersey grabs, and our defensive line struggling to stay back the ten (maybe the biggest issue).
Ok, injuries have cruelled us something fierce. Broken bones has nothing to do with the issues I personally see in that last paragraph though.
The Warriors showed today, that given many players out, you can still get up for it (and I also feel in all games, apart from that last one, we've had an amazing line-up each game) - but I do rate our quality and players very highly - they deserve that respect. This is also why I guess some are hard on them - the players have set the bar for themselves very high, and they talked up a storm pre-season remember.
The game against The Knight's personified my thought's. Man, we looked lethargic that day, and the players all stated that in their post match interviews.
Take injuries completely out of it mate. They have nothing to do with this debate. I'd love your opinion on this though: Do you see us struggling to get back the ten? Do you see our defense in the middle of the park to be uptempo and damaging? Do you see a team that fades in and out of games (whether the start or finish?), and that plays wonderfully for 60 odd minutes, with patches letting them down?
THIS is, what I'm attributing to fitness. Just an opinion of coarse, so please don't get angry and name call on that. Unsure how that's dribbling tbh.