Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
I didn't think Hinchy played any worse than others last night, but maybe Matt Palmer would have been one to push the tempo higher and lead by example. Hinchy on the ball isn't a bad player, but for a player in a notionally defensive role his recovery speed and effort worries me. If we lose the ball you need a player in his position to be bombing back and trying to disrupt the counter attack, but in his case I couldn't tell whether he was running in treacle or just couldn't be arsed.
Don't think it's a case of 'can't be arsed'
A few of the lads who've stepped in recently haven't had a lot of game time so run out of steam late on
Training can't replicate the effort they put in during proper games
It always takes a few games to get fully up to speed and keep going for the full 90 minutes