Or they are going on vacation during the International break and hopefully several more will follow.Well, to put it another way, " it's a very big bit of a short time"
Exactly, Pep is definitely rotating players alot now and giving time off to prevent being called for International Duty.Or they are going on vacation during the International break and hopefully several more will follow.
No he's already asked to be left out of the November internationals. Think stones will play at least 1 of the next 2 then pull out of the internationals. I'd hope earling would too but can't see that happening.Will KDB be going on international duty next week, if he plays any part in the two games this week?
I wouldn't like to think so.
That goes for a few others who are just back from injury.
Agreed.I think this "higher bar" being set for what constitutes a foul for this season is certainly a contributing factor to all the injuries. More contact being made creating more soft tissue damage at the very least. With the schedule of playing every 3 or 4 days it's not enough recovery time. Doesn't seem to be many people talking about this though.
The 'red card' foul on Erling on Saturday is a classic example.I think this "higher bar" being set for what constitutes a foul for this season is certainly a contributing factor to all the injuries. More contact being made creating more soft tissue damage at the very least. With the schedule of playing every 3 or 4 days it's not enough recovery time. Doesn't seem to be many people talking about this though.
Our foul to card ratio will be high because a lot of our fouls are to stop counter attacks, although I do also feel we get more cards than we should and our opponents lessAgreed.
I understand football is a contact sport and rightly so, I'm all for a tough tackle (not going in to deliberately injure an opponent of course). But common has has to come into play with these officials, The amount of times every weekend our lads get kicked around is absolutely ridiculous.
The worst part of it all is when you see the stats after every game, For example:
Fouls:
Ipswich - 30
Man City - 4
Yellows:
Ipswich - 2
Man City - 3
It's always something along those lines, We make any foul and it's a yellow straight away whilst the opposition can kick lumps out of us and it's fine.
Very true, They are mainly tactical fouls we give away which result in yellows, It's funny though because we get that alot against opportunity and goes unpunished but that's down to the inconsistency of the officials.Our foul to card ratio will be high because a lot of our fouls are to stop counter attacks, although I do also feel we get more cards than we should and our opponents less