10-26-2019, 05:07 PM
is the resilience of the squad.
Didn't see today's game, but watched on Tuesday and felt we looked a tad jaded. Best example of this was the last 10 minutes of the game, when after equalising you might have expected us to go and put Barnsley under real pressure, but that didn't happen, if anything Barnsley looked more likely to regain the lead.
With justification (a combination of results and injuries) we are currently using the same players week in week out, there is very little rotation.
I do wonder how some of our squad will cope with the hard yards of a Championship campaign - 46 games is more than any other league, and there are a number of players we have for whom this will be a new experience.
And I am not sure we have good enough quality cover for all positions. We might struggle to replace players such as Sawyers, Livermore and Parreria.(mind you nearly every championship club would struggle if they lost a player of their quality)
The summer transfer window was a good one for us, but I think there is still some work to be done. To be fair there was so much work that needed to be done, that it was always going to take more than one window to get the squad to where it needs to be.
Didn't see today's game, but watched on Tuesday and felt we looked a tad jaded. Best example of this was the last 10 minutes of the game, when after equalising you might have expected us to go and put Barnsley under real pressure, but that didn't happen, if anything Barnsley looked more likely to regain the lead.
With justification (a combination of results and injuries) we are currently using the same players week in week out, there is very little rotation.
I do wonder how some of our squad will cope with the hard yards of a Championship campaign - 46 games is more than any other league, and there are a number of players we have for whom this will be a new experience.
And I am not sure we have good enough quality cover for all positions. We might struggle to replace players such as Sawyers, Livermore and Parreria.(mind you nearly every championship club would struggle if they lost a player of their quality)
The summer transfer window was a good one for us, but I think there is still some work to be done. To be fair there was so much work that needed to be done, that it was always going to take more than one window to get the squad to where it needs to be.