Coutts Last Night

[finlaytheblade]

Just watching the man perform last season and knowing his reputation, his pedigree, his number of games over the past 3 years, how highly most professionals regard him and yet how restricted he was during games. Putting two and two together I reckon we have a real player there but one who has been labouring under his mobility restrictions. The lad struggled to run in warm ups at times and was hobbling after 10 or 15 minutes in games.

Now whether he can regain full mobility, I am guessing not, but isn't that why he is with us and not still at Derby?

Personally it is not the be all and end all because if he has that class then he can do a job for us, indeed could even become the "main man", it's up to the manager. It depends whether Adkins wants to build a side round him and the odds are not in favour of the player frankly.

Back in time, Glynn Hodges never had full mobility, prime fitness, speed etc. but what a player to watch and what a key man.

I agree woody we could have a real player on our hands.He had been out for 18 months but fit for most of last season.Mcclaren had hardly used him (2 starts i think with a few minutes from the bench)clough signed him and
he was suddenly playing twice a week and he got muscle problems probably due to reaction to suddenly playing a lot of games.,match fitness is gained over a few games but when thrown in like he was its not surprising he got
strains and never given enough rest to recover.I remember clough making a comment on his fitness saying he was too important to the team to leave him out but in my opinion his game suffered due to this.
Hopefully we will see a refreshed coutts playing alongside his physical (look a like) double James Wallace what a formidable pairing they would make ,,physical presence allied to skill they would be a formidable pair
in this division and beyond.

 

[wizadry]

I agree woody we could have a real player on our hands.He had been out for 18 months but fit for most of last season.Mcclaren had hardly used him (2 starts i think with a few minutes from the bench)clough signed him and
he was suddenly playing twice a week and he got muscle problems probably due to reaction to suddenly playing a lot of games.,match fitness is gained over a few games but when thrown in like he was its not surprising he got
strains and never given enough rest to recover.I remember clough making a comment on his fitness saying he was too important to the team to leave him out but in my opinion his game suffered due to this.
Hopefully we will see a refreshed coutts playing alongside his physical (look a like) double James Wallace what a formidable pairing they would make ,,physical presence allied to skill they would be a formidable pair
in this division and beyond.

If by some miracle that we could have Coutts and Wallace at the heart of our midfield next season allied with Basham then i would be even more confident than i am now. Infact, is this even possible because it seems light years away