We need to sort out our attacking line-up, which has faltered recently. McCleary and Fred have struggled for form in the new year, I don't see a place for Lubala, for some reason - perhaps fitness, although in interviews Dodds has been a bit odd about it - Kone isn't starting, it's only Udoh who has put something of a run together.
So, probably not, but that's a default position so the taste is all the sweeter if we manage it.
Agree with you completely on the fitness thing. But then I know a lot of people in their 40s who keep very fit at an amateur sport for the love of it, so it feels like pros should as an absolute minimum keep fit all the year round. But like everyone has said, new league, strong squad, to hit the ground running was a big ask.
Not sure Simons being out makes any difference to Westergaard's chances though, aside from on a simple, one player down, room for another basis. Ones a deeper player, Westo seems more a Scowen or even Humphreys role. Although we'd need more than 2 or 3 cameos to be certain!
I’d be very surprised if decent supporters of our rivals still think the same way today. We’re second on merit, and whilst the heady heights of Stockport away are now a long, gone memory, I’d like to think we’ve earned our rivals’ respect. Maybe not! I suppose we’ll always be ‘little Wycombe’ to many.
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I think probably not.
We need to sort out our attacking line-up, which has faltered recently. McCleary and Fred have struggled for form in the new year, I don't see a place for Lubala, for some reason - perhaps fitness, although in interviews Dodds has been a bit odd about it - Kone isn't starting, it's only Udoh who has put something of a run together.
So, probably not, but that's a default position so the taste is all the sweeter if we manage it.
Agree with you completely on the fitness thing. But then I know a lot of people in their 40s who keep very fit at an amateur sport for the love of it, so it feels like pros should as an absolute minimum keep fit all the year round. But like everyone has said, new league, strong squad, to hit the ground running was a big ask.
Not sure Simons being out makes any difference to Westergaard's chances though, aside from on a simple, one player down, room for another basis. Ones a deeper player, Westo seems more a Scowen or even Humphreys role. Although we'd need more than 2 or 3 cameos to be certain!
“…..feels like pros should as an absolute minimum keep fit all the year round.”
Exhibit A: Jack Grealish ten days into the closed season.
I’d be very surprised if decent supporters of our rivals still think the same way today. We’re second on merit, and whilst the heady heights of Stockport away are now a long, gone memory, I’d like to think we’ve earned our rivals’ respect. Maybe not! I suppose we’ll always be ‘little Wycombe’ to many.
He's one of the ensmallening group of "street" footballers who live by different rules.