Fitness is one the thing that can be attained by even the worst footballer in the world with hard work. There is no excuse for our players to not be as fit as the fittest players around. Fitness is the one thing we have where we are on an even playing field with everyone else. The facilites they have at Colney are as good as the very best anywhere in the prem. I know a lot is said of match fitness and I think it is the wrong way to describe it. what is meant is match sharpness. sharpness of the mind.
I think its fair to say that the best teams will have the best coaches, so in theory the big clubs players should be ahead of ours in most attributes.
Not bothered about Ward missing the start of the season as I think he's 4th choice there anyway but Vaughan not featuring is more of a problem I think he looked very good in the 2 games he played and offers something different to the other strikers we have available, hes had injury problems before really hope its not for too long.
Good shout Francomb played a full game in Germany. Academy wise him Adeyemi, Dawkins and Brindley will be our break through players.