Nick
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Really? Is that off Twitter etc?
Nicky Maynard is at Ryton today apparently
Don't think you can blame Pressley for Thomas... As it was in fact Andy thorn which made him a regular in our relegation season. He then spent a year out injured and then since being 20/21 became a regular which isn't too young and is the exact ages players should be breaking into the first team Imo.
It wasn't me that mentioned Pressley. But I think Pressley kept playing him when he had lost form which was what damaged his reputation with the fans and knocked his confidence. Not sure who else Pressley could have played? But the situation wasn't properly addressed until TM brought in Ward on loan.
It will be a big season for Thomas, but a fresh start and hopefully he can get his form back on track. It can only benefit the team if he does and gives us another option.
A lot of you seem to want all our players to "bulk up" and I'm presuming you mean by adding gym muscle.....
I disagree....especially with players such as Maddison who is not a bruising centre-half or old-fashioned No.9 ...these are young lads who will fill out naturally as they physically mature into grown men...
....adding muscle mass quickly can often be detrimental to other performance factors.... increased risk of fatigue, cramp, "bonking" & it also can reduce the players natural mobility/agility.
Fast feet & a fast mind will always win out over brute force & ignorance.......even in this division.
Ease Maddison into a winning team with 40 mins here & 50 mins there...let him develop naturally.....by the last 3rd of the season, we'll hopefully have a match-winner on our books.....
....Oh yeah....and don't fucking boo the lad whne he makes errors. (but I bet some do this season)
Totally agree. He looked like a little boy lost when he made in onto the pitch last season. Seriously needs a bit of bulking up.
Leon Best would score for fun in this division, but unlikely to cut wages and drop division? But who knows?
Marc Antoine Fortune anyone?
Thomas is quite stocky. Also looked great in a couple matches when he came on that I watched. Use sparingly, ease him in (as with most youngsters) and I don't think you can go wrong.
I don't think anybody expects him to be like Akinfenwa. However, what happens when he comes up against a Reda Johnson? Yes he has quick feet and yes a few times he could nutmeg him and run round but he probably would get taken out / bullied, in League One it is a bit rougher than the Premier League.
It isn't just about being hench, it is also being able to be solid.
Yeah Thomas is quite chunky, reminds me a bit of Martin Waghorn.
Thomas is quite stocky. Also looked great in a couple matches when he came on that I watched. Use sparingly, ease him in (as with most youngsters) and I don't think you can go wrong.
In the pre season training video I saw, he looked like he was a bit taller. I dont know if the other people were small though or it was his new hair cut!
If he is good enough it will happen. But at this stage we should not be looking to him or Maddison as being striker/midfield options. Players can get through their first few appearances on adrenaline. It is very different expecting them to do it week in week out especially once confidence drops.
that is why TM needs three strikers and along with Tudgay. George Thomas, Maddison, Lawton and any other youngsters should be left to develop in their own time and I trust TM, Venus and Co to know when that time is right.
Sorry, I haven't said week in week out? I agree with what you've said, although I do feel Maddison will be 1st choice, at least for the first couple months of the season. Not to say he'll play every game or 90 minutes each time. Mowbray will know how to use him.
I still think Maddison and maybe Thomas will be coming off the bench early in the season, when there are a few tired legs and the game is getting a bit more stretched. Then it will depend on individual performances.
A lot of you seem to want all our players to "bulk up" and I'm presuming you mean by adding gym muscle.....
I disagree....especially with players such as Maddison who is not a bruising centre-half or old-fashioned No.9 ...these are young lads who will fill out naturally as they physically mature into grown men...
....adding muscle mass quickly can often be detrimental to other performance factors.... increased risk of fatigue, cramp, "bonking" & it also can reduce the players natural mobility/agility.
Fast feet & a fast mind will always win out over brute force & ignorance.......even in this division.
Ease Maddison into a winning team with 40 mins here & 50 mins there...let him develop naturally.....by the last 3rd of the season, we'll hopefully have a match-winner on our books.....
....Oh yeah....and don't fucking boo the lad whne he makes errors. (but I bet some do this season)
A lot of you seem to want all our players to "bulk up" and I'm presuming you mean by adding gym muscle.....
I disagree....especially with players such as Maddison who is not a bruising centre-half or old-fashioned No.9 ...these are young lads who will fill out naturally as they physically mature into grown men...
....adding muscle mass quickly can often be detrimental to other performance factors.... increased risk of fatigue, cramp, "bonking" & it also can reduce the players natural mobility/agility.
Fast feet & a fast mind will always win out over brute force & ignorance.......even in this division.
Ease Maddison into a winning team with 40 mins here & 50 mins there...let him develop naturally.....by the last 3rd of the season, we'll hopefully have a match-winner on our books.....
....Oh yeah....and don't fucking boo the lad whne he makes errors. (but I bet some do this season)
Nicky Maynard is at Ryton today apparently
can prove thats bullshit his in sweden with notts forest played 2nd half in their first game out there 2 days ago
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Odens...-report-Reds/story-26865143-detail/story.html
It would be physically possible for him to fly back in time.
Asked Andy Turner but no reply, would be nice though!
A lot of you seem to want all our players to "bulk up" and I'm presuming you mean by adding gym muscle.....
I disagree....especially with players such as Maddison who is not a bruising centre-half or old-fashioned No.9 ...these are young lads who will fill out naturally as they physically mature into grown men...
....adding muscle mass quickly can often be detrimental to other performance factors.... increased risk of fatigue, cramp, "bonking" & it also can reduce the players natural mobility/agility.
Fast feet & a fast mind will always win out over brute force & ignorance.......even in this division.
Ease Maddison into a winning team with 40 mins here & 50 mins there...let him develop naturally.....by the last 3rd of the season, we'll hopefully have a match-winner on our books.....
....Oh yeah....and don't fucking boo the lad whne he makes errors. (but I bet some do this season)
Nicky Maynard is at Ryton today apparently
It wasn't me that mentioned Pressley. But I think Pressley kept playing him when he had lost form which was what damaged his reputation with the fans and knocked his confidence. Not sure who else Pressley could have played? But the situation wasn't properly addressed until TM brought in Ward on loan.
It will be a big season for Thomas, but a fresh start and hopefully he can get his form back on track. It can only benefit the team if he does and gives us another option.
yeah okay true, perhaps a key problem with SP was that from his 40 signings he never did bring in someone to cover at CM for Thomas. But to say that SP ruined him is incorrect as he wasn't a kid anymore.
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