Dosnt make sense to me We ramming games in left right and centre Unless we have a spot somewhere in our tight calendar We will probable fit it in between a Tuesday and Saturday game ( that’s our mentality ) We actually haven’t got a settled side or even know our settled side So really we need not of cancelled that game Everyone in the side is replaceable we have no stars
We have no keepers as Burge is injured and McLaughlin has been called up. Would you play an u23 keeper in that game?
Most certainly would Remember we had camp and steel The young goalkeepers are proffesional footballers and must be given the opportunity We don’t have a good side and do you think the goalkeeper change is worth the fixture congestion In this league we already play more games ie extra cup games etc etc In the top leagues they play less games We need to try and avoid any postponements Remember there is a few teams in this league that have poor playing pitches And are more likely to have our game postponed
I can see it now - the young U23 keeper makes a mistake and then the fans will be on the clubs back for not postponing the game - the club just can't win.
No manager in the world would go into a game with one keeper, if he gets injured we can't bring another keeper on and then we don't have cover for the one fit keeper at the club until Burge comes back. Ronnie
When we have all these catch up games in a short period We will have injuries and then have to play with a depleated team Might as well play these games with fit players
I've looked all over for confirmation of that rule but I can't find it Hank, it makes sense in the modern game with 18 man squads though. Ronnie
The goalkeeper issue is a problem, Abdelkader looks like a risk too far if reports on his last game are anything to go by, so maybe the right decision has been made.
Under normal circumstances ie we were a top league team it would be ok to re arrange the game, but due to the backlog that it will cause and the pressure on our poor squad I think we should have played
Fixture congestion might become an issue, but I had more of a problem with us postponing other games, our squad should be good enough to cope with 3 being away. I think this is a different matter though, you wouldn't want to go into a game with only a youth keeper to call upon. It's probably the most key position, and one that young lads often struggle in, very rare to see really good young keepers. Definitely the right call
Yes maybe in hindsight it would of been better not cancelling the previous games in international week with the squad we have However that has caused a back log of games and together with this one We will struggle to fit them in Yeh the goalkeeper situation is not good And I would hate to have problems with our keepers in the clutch of matches we have to play (catch up ) And again after serious thought searching maybe on this occasion it has to be postponed
Sadly I would have thought that they would have to begin to look at other options in life if they’ve reached that age and are still in league one, there will be exceptions of course. I wonder what the average age is for the premiership teams is?