Port Said Red

I don't see how anybody could watch that performance last night and think our team lacked passion.

Looking at this thread, some of our fans are league 1 at best judging by their ability to judge players.

I was told he "felt some discomfort" and was told to rest it. That was Thursday.

Presumably if we had bought him he wouldn't have got an issue?

If and when the indoor arena is built, we could have an overflow watching the game on a big screen?

A quick Google gives me this answer...... Quadriceps strains are typically caused by physical activity, although they can also occur if an object slams into the thigh. Athletes and runners are especially prone to quadriceps strains, although they can happen to anyone who is playing a sport, exercising in the gym, or simply stretching their legs. Perhaps JL could buy some cotton wool for the medical team to wrap the players in?

Was that a requirement in those days?

Pick EE out.

I see SPH still has that strange running style, I thought they had coached that out of him, but obviously not.

I think that was SPH's first touch on 20 minutes, won it well in the air.

SPH has certainly bulked up a bit this season.

I think it's like that dress a couple of years back when people were asking if it was blue or gold. Either way, they are getting a hammering now.

Two goals from SPH makes the local derby that he won't be able to play in.

The Gas have just scored..... Ummm hang on......

I can see why Noel was the main songwriter....

It depends on your definition of front football I guess. it has been debated I know. If what he means is "control" then Fridays game was a great example of it, with and without the ball we were in control (on the front foot) for the large majority of it. I see what you are saying about situations, and although we weren't struggling the first thing he needed to do was make the backline comfortable with looking after the ball, which I think he has done to a large extent. The bit we all want I think is the hardest bit to achieve.

It's management 101 though isn't it? If Manning was an experienced coach a lot of people would be saying, "ah well he knows the first thing is to build from the back, make us difficult to beat" The signings both loan and permanent show that he feels we can be more expansive in time, using Twine to show the way to the junior signings. False 9s, 10's whatever you want to call them seems his long term way of thinking to me.

@Super went "super" early there didn't he, maybe out of practice with 5 day cricket?

Value reduced by the fact he doesn't want to play for them, clearly. Not a true Gashead? Reduce his value by 75%

Good drainage?

OK, two things. 1. Rob was actually pencilled in to play an U21 game the Monday after the Cardiff game. As soon as that team left he was told that no one else thought he was ready and he was pulled out of full training for two weeks to do further strengthening work on his knee. The hamstring injury could have been related to his recovery, but he has a history of hamstring injuries in both legs going back to his teens, this one was minor and he would have been back but for a completely unrelated personal issue. 2. The majority of Sebs recovery has been under the current team, how his schedule might have differed I don't know. Personally I think that the previous team did a great job on the stamina and overall fitness of the players, Joe Williams and our overall ability to last 90+ minutes most of the time are testament to that. I differ from @Davefevs view and clearly yours when it comes to players recovering from injury, there are obvious examples like the failed attempts to rush Naismith back, but there are other stories which I would be happy to share with you privately if you would like.

What's the record for overturning first innings deficits?

Well he still seems very enthusiastic, some might say sycophantic, about the club which you would imagine wouldn't be the case if he had fallen out with them.

I know he is officially a fit player from tomorrow on the schedule they give him. As I say, their usual process excludes away games, but it may be a case of changing the process in this case.

Being 6'3 makes Max's life a bit easier too. He got up to nod on a couple of those wide clearances last night.