Quote Originally Posted by slack_pie View Post
I've never known a team have so many "knocks". Every week it feels like two or three new ones.
Just my theory but the players are expected to be highly tuned athletes and have to perform to within an inch of exhaustion to cover as much ground as possible to control territory. Many athletes suffer from niggling injuries and take great care in their build up to a major event. But players are also constantly facing impacts and the two combined creates an issue.

It would be interesting to have a comparison of our average squad energy expended versus say Mansfield or Port Vale.

Managers' praise seems more geared to effort and less so for effectivness. That used to make sense for mid-fielders but I'd rather see forwards never go into their own half. And if the No 9 does nothing all game but bang in two goals he's done his job.