Nathan Jones says it will be the same squad options/ team at Stoke on Tuesday night. Please God, do not play Fat Hernandez and Apter as full backs again. Incidentally, the way the club has handled the Godden injury has been a disgrace. A 6 week minor knock in early August has predictably become a near 4 month absence.
A very difficult game looming. Surely we won’t get another pasting like Saturday as we haven’t seen football like that first half in decades. So Apter and Hernandez only in a back 4. But only if we have to. Let them nowhere near a back 5 as they don’t track back. I guess the reason Apter has practically vanished of late is precisely because of this.
So have we though. It’s going to be very difficult to rebuild our shattered confidence after only 4 days - with the same players - after that mauling on Saturday.
Apter’s Mum has been Liking social media posts from fans, critical of Nathan Jones’ treatment of her son. Something is definitely not right there.
A player's mum defending him against his gaffer on social media Kind of the opposite of the Lynx effect
I was obviously looking at it from the player's point of view. If my mum came to the factory where I work and berated the boss for bullying me (or even if she had a pop online) - regardless of her motivation or admirable loyalty, I would want the ground to open up and swallow me. Especially if I was only 22 years old. Minus several million out of ten for coolness If NJ drops Apter for the Stoke game I'm sure it will be for footballing reasons, and have nothing to do with interventions by his mother. But it sounds like she won't see it that way
Apter was dropped for non footballing reasons. He was Player of the Month at the time. I’m not claiming he’s a world beater, and he’s certainly not a full back, but it didn’t sit well with me seeing him hooked after only 25 mins, while certain others in the team have been busking it for months now.
Oh well. Maybe his mum has a point then. Nj probably just doesn't like him. Who brought Apter to the Club in the first place? Jones presumably.
Apter received much praise for his performance against Watford, but I was unimpressed for the most part. He is lightweight and prone to misplaced passes. I certainly wouldn't put him in the starting eleven. We must have better options.
