I know it’s not popular to say it, but long covid is awful.
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NilSatisOptimum
Player Valuation: £60m
Has lost the pace he had that dug him out of his poor positioning. Whether that's long Covid or not, myself would not like to speculate. Be interesting this season under Dyche reign.
raiseyoureyebrow4thewin!
Player Valuation: £500k
dyche like moyes was a defender. so yea hope he improves with a full preseason. his best game last season was against halland, didnt recall him making a mistake in that one.
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Yeah. Simple basic instructions. Stop and wind him up. Clear the ball.
I think anything else...his head pops
He’s exactly the same, he was crap at football then too.
kenada_blue
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He replaces Holgate as the "3rd choice" if needed. And even then it's an eyeroll.
It'll be him and Branthwaite slugging it out with Keane and Tarko being top dogs.
Said all summer apart from getting the obvious striker...we need a 1st choice centre back.
raiseyoureyebrow4thewin!
Player Valuation: £500k
cant recall wtf was the dof who signed godfrey. anyway i blame rio ferdinand cuz he reps him and holgate. would be funny to see rio manage a club if that ever happens but prolly not
derek duvall
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Not denying covid is awful but the excuse its the reason for his complete demise is pure nonsense. I don’t recall any footballers who had covid having the same issue. For £20-£25m, he’s been a massive flop
Same, I’d love it if someone pointed one out to me. It looks like Ben Godfrey is the only player ever to catch covid. Also his issues were never fitness related, and he doesn’t even look like he’s lost that much “recovery pace” anyway from what I can see. It’s just a really really bad excuse for us buying another absolute pudding.
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £40m
He played nearly every game in a Norwich defence side that conceded 75 goals before Covid.
Obviously not all down to him.
HalfTimeSayers
Player Valuation: £25m
Took a long time for him to get back to full training etc after Covid. Probably hundreds of different ways Long Covid can manifest, and it must be horrendous, and I know the Long Covid clinics and care are trial and error and pretty poor.
But for 2 seasons has always presented as a magnificent physical specimen, returns to pre season checks looking like he’s spent summers in the gym (probably for aesthetics) not in bed, and still shows his pace every time he plays. Covid making him worse is a myth for me. He’s had some good games out of position since then. Also had some absolute horror shows where the mistakes made are nothing to do with fitness, stamina etc. Just drops clangers.
Was dealt a hammer blow in his early teens by not being made into a fast workmanlike right back instead of a small centre back without the required composure. Never going to be a TAA type but he would have been far better out there (relatively). A few games he was our best defender playing left back. Too late now. If he was 19 you’d reset him and loan him out as a RB to the Championship for a full year. He’s a better athlete than footballer, nothing wrong with that at all, and I love his ferocity sometimes, but you don’t stick them right in front of your goal.
But for 2 seasons has always presented as a magnificent physical specimen, returns to pre season checks looking like he’s spent summers in the gym (probably for aesthetics) not in bed, and still shows his pace every time he plays. Covid making him worse is a myth for me. He’s had some good games out of position since then. Also had some absolute horror shows where the mistakes made are nothing to do with fitness, stamina etc. Just drops clangers.
Was dealt a hammer blow in his early teens by not being made into a fast workmanlike right back instead of a small centre back without the required composure. Never going to be a TAA type but he would have been far better out there (relatively). A few games he was our best defender playing left back. Too late now. If he was 19 you’d reset him and loan him out as a RB to the Championship for a full year. He’s a better athlete than footballer, nothing wrong with that at all, and I love his ferocity sometimes, but you don’t stick them right in front of your goal.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £90m
No.
But clearly yes.
jonnyboy316
Player Valuation: £35m
More likely the self inflicted broken leg
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