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  • Start date Feb 3, 2024
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sneferu

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #1
Do we know how long he is out for?
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #2
Some said 6 weeks on another thread.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Robins said he’d be able to give an update post match today
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Terry_dactyl said:
Some said 6 weeks on another thread.
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Mine was a guesstimate no evidence
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Sky Blue Pete said:
Mine was a guesstimate no evidence
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Ah right. Sorry Pete.
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #6
6 - 8 weeks
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #7
Love Sheaf but there is an argument to suggest his injury record isn't encouraging

Missed a fair chunk of the beginning of this season and correct me if I am wrong but he kept picking up niggling little injuries last season as well
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #8
Saddlebrains said:
6 - 8 weeks
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Straight in a the deep end for Victor Torp then. We need this boy to shine.
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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alexccfc99 said:
Love Sheaf but there is an argument to suggest his injury record isn't encouraging

Missed a fair chunk of the beginning of this season and correct me if I am wrong but he kept picking up niggling little injuries last season as well
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Seems to play a decent amount of games per season. Most of his lay offs are soft tissue injuries, maybes a workload issue that could be managed better, less training around games?

 
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rexo87

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #10
Probably miss 8-9 league games


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larry_david

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #11
Saddlebrains said:
6 - 8 weeks
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A blow.

I'm not for one second suggesting Kelly is the replacement but now the window is done and he's here, he has to be used tactically. For a start,he has tonstart against sheff wed in the cup replay to rest one of the other mainstays.

The irony is we took sheaf off at ht to protect him from injury against them and it happened 9 mins later in the next match.

Squad MUST be utilised
 
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SuperFred

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Out until the international break then, missing 9 games. Need Eccles to step up big time
 
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Calista

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Nuskyblue said:
Straight in a the deep end for Victor Torp then. We need this boy to shine.
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But it's very early days for him, and I bet the 'safety first' option of Lati will be uppermost in their minds if it's 4-2-3-1. Or try again to make 3 at the back work, maybe with some tweaks.
 

skybluecam

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Calista said:
Or try again to make 3 at the back work, maybe with some tweaks.
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napolimp

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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You've got Torp, Allen, and Kelly. Rotate as required from a tactical perspective. You don't need to have any one play 90 mins. Avoid Latibeaudiere unless you want to play makeshift 3 at the back.
 

Calista

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Kelly is still an option, and was great at the end of last season. But what we really need is a Sheaf clone. Could the Sports Science guys quickly come up with Dolly the Sheaf?
 
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Calista

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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skybluecam said:
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Yes, that's how it makes me feel too (3 at the back).
 

Nuskyblue

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Calista said:
But it's very early days for him, and I bet the 'safety first' option of Lati will be uppermost in their minds if it's 4-2-3-1. Or try again to make 3 at the back work, maybe with some tweaks.
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We'll have to see.

If it is Lati and Eccles (as a starting pair it's something we'll probably see for the next 2 League games) one of them, probably Eccles need to be given licence to break the lines and to play on the turn. We looked very one dimensional when Sheaf went off on Tuesday. We ended up with Thomas trying his driven balls into the forwards which generally go to the oppo.

Failing that O'Hare and Sakamoto need to be dropping in and receiving it from the defence, they have the technical security to start (and hopefully finish) attacking moves from deep.
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Nuskyblue said:
Seems to play a decent amount of games per season. Most of his lay offs are soft tissue injuries, maybes a workload issue that could be managed better, less training around games?

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Why so sad Ben Sheaf?
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Nuskyblue said:
We'll have to see.

If it is Lati and Eccles (as a starting pair it's something we'll probably see for the next 2 League games) one of them, probably Eccles need to be given licence to break the lines and to play on the turn. We looked very one dimensional when Sheaf went off on Tuesday. We ended up with Thomas trying his driven balls into the forwards which generally go to the oppo.

Failing that O'Hare and Sakamoto need to be dropping in and receiving it from the defence, they have the technical security to start (and hopefully finish) attacking moves from deep.
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I actually thought in a game where we really had our backs to the wall and probably sneaked a result we shouldn't have really got Lati was excellent in midfield against Leeds
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Terry_dactyl said:
Why so sad Ben Sheaf?
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Must have had a flashback to his time in digs in Doncaster...
 

Nuskyblue

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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alexccfc99 said:
I actually thought in a game where we really had our backs to the wall and probably sneaked a result we shouldn't have really got Lati was excellent in midfield against Leeds
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That is the exception perhaps, defensively he is fine. In a game where we need to have some impetus to break down a team Lati may not be the answer.

Having Saka/O'Hare dropping in to take up the creative burdon would be necessary I think.
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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SuperFred said:
Out until the international break then, missing 9 games. Need Eccles to step up big time
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Obviously I don’t know but I reckon if he was out for that many games Robins would have brought a loan in, saying that with Torp, Eccles, Kelly, Palmer Joel .L & Allen we have options and cover again let’s take each game as it comes.
 

Robinshio

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #24
Saddlebrains said:
6 - 8 weeks
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Due to international break that means end of march either way. So around 8 league games
 
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PVA

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #25
larry_david said:
A blow.

I'm not for one second suggesting Kelly is the replacement but now the window is done and he's here, he has to be used tactically. For a start,he has tonstart against sheff wed in the cup replay to rest one of the other mainstays.

The irony is we took sheaf off at ht to protect him from injury against them and it happened 9 mins later in the next match.

Squad MUST be utilised
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Yeah easy with hindsight I know, but I was not at all comfortable with him playing in the cup game.

I know we wanted to win, but league takes priority and he should have been rested.
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Nuskyblue said:
Must have had a flashback to his time in digs in Doncaster...
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That’ll do it.
 
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sneferu

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Lati, Eccles and Torp could be a good strong midfield 3 with Kelly, Lati and Allen as back up. We are ok.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #28
sneferu said:
Lati, Eccles and Torp could be a good strong midfield 3 with Kelly, Lati and Allen as back up. We are ok.
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Dare I say it, if Torp continues as he has we may not miss Sheaf that much…but will definitely improve when he gets back. If that makes sense.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #29
Well be alright whatever we have Eccles who's pretty much identical player.
 
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Otis

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #30
skybluecam said:
Robins said he’d be able to give an update post match today
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After the match today?

Whoo hooo, that means he must be playing then. Giving him a run out to see how it is holding up

 
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slowpoke

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  • Feb 3, 2024
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Otis said:
After the match today?

Whoo hooo, that means he must be playing then. Giving him a run out to see how it is holding up

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It will all depend if it’s just a pull or a tare which can be a longish job.
 

Matt smith

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #32
Saddlebrains said:
6 - 8 weeks
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Could have genuinely been worse, lucky there’s an international break in there

Not ideal but sheaf always comes back fairly quickly
 
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Astute

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #33
slowpoke said:
It will all depend if it’s just a pull or a tare which can be a longish job.
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Sheaf is too heavy for his frame and needs to lose weight?
 

Calista

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #34
sneferu said:
Lati, Eccles and Torp could be a good strong midfield 3 with Kelly, Lati and Allen as back up. We are ok.
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Lati's a fine utility player, but I'm not sure he can be backup for himself.
 

SkyblueTexan

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  • Feb 3, 2024
  • #35
Need more midfield reinforcements this summer. Have to build out the squad a little more.
 
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