⚽Match Thread vs. Bromley FC 04.03.23 [NL]

[Elite_Pie]

This ^^^ We know CLE is a quality player cos we've seen it for ourselves, he just needs a bit of time to get up to speed is all. Wherever we finish this season, he's one I would like to see us sign permanently, IAAP.

Me too, but his miss yesterday was an absolute shocker.

I hope it's included in the highlights.

[Mark_Ross]

Me too, but his miss yesterday was an absolute shocker.

I hope it's included in the highlights.

Even the greatest scorers are Mr Sitter sometimes.

Hopeful CLE just needs a few games to get his sharpness & then he will be a big asset as per Bostock.

[Magpies1959]

Surely we can play a forty six game season using the same eleven unless we have injuries

[Proactive not Reactive]

Someone thinks we can 😜

[legs77]

I thought without the new signings we were doing pretty well and the football being played at times was brilliant. That's not to say we didn't need to strengthen the squad. We didn't need to change the team to accommodate them.

You cant play 50 games a season though with hardly any changes.

Football is much faster now than it was years ago if you cant run you have no future.

[durhampie]

You cant play 50 games a season though with hardly any changes.

Football is much faster now than it was years ago if you cant run you have no future.

We used to play on pitches that were no more than a mud bath and sometimes even covered in snow. Also we had only 1 substitute and you could name the same eleven every game. I would have thought those conditions were more demanding that what we have today. the trainer came on on with a bucket and sponge and the player soon got up. Today they roll about as though they have broken both legs..

[uysapie]

We used to play on pitches that were no more than a mud bath and sometimes even covered in snow. Also we had only 1 substitute and you could name the same eleven every game. I would have thought those conditions were more demanding that what we have today. the trainer came on on with a bucket and sponge and the player soon got up. Today they roll about as though they have broken both legs..

The balls were heavier, especially on mud baths. Jack Wheeler had a magic sponge!

[LaxtonLad]

We used to play on pitches that were no more than a mud bath and sometimes even covered in snow. Also we had only 1 substitute and you could name the same eleven every game. I would have thought those conditions were more demanding that what we have today. the trainer came on on with a bucket and sponge and the player soon got up. Today they roll about as though they have broken both legs..

Them was the days, Durham. Shirt number 9 was the centre forward no matter who wore it, shirts numbers 7 and 11 were wingers no matter who was inside them and just the sight of the trainer running on with his bucket of cold water in mid February was enough to raise the corpse and get him running away.

[matt_magpie]

We used to play on pitches that were no more than a mud bath and sometimes even covered in snow. Also we had only 1 substitute and you could name the same eleven every game. I would have thought those conditions were more demanding that what we have today. the trainer came on on with a bucket and sponge and the player soon got up. Today they roll about as though they have broken both legs..

As legs said it’s much much quicker now. Players are technically monitored now and I would hazard a guess then they either got injured from not spotting it or just continually played with the injuries, wouldn’t have mattered so much then because it was same for everyone. You have to believe medical science is correct and what LW is fed is the truth.
Would be interesting to find out what were the average distances covered by players in the 70s just as a reference.

[matt_magpie]

As legs said it’s much much quicker now. Players are technically monitored now and I would hazard a guess then they either got injured from not spotting it or just continually played with the injuries, wouldn’t have mattered so much then because it was same for everyone. You have to believe medical science is correct and what LW is fed is the truth.
Would be interesting to find out what were the average distances covered by players in the 70s just as a reference.

Was a bit sad and looked up and saw one article suggesting it was almost triple now to back in the 70s, pitches wouldn’t have helped but shows how much players have changed over the years.