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Only if Jags is willing to come back from retirement.
We have a fan of another club, his parent club admittedly, telling everyone that JRS has had a bad injury on his hamstring and that we need to be careful with him as he’s looking “almost broken”, which let’s be honest, he has been badly out of form and looks knackered yet we’ve had a player in Brooks on the bench all along, very capable and now he’s out injured unexplicably? We need to sort this shit out when we quite clearly could’ve saved him from overplaying, I think other clubs will also be taking note of this.Palace fan here again.
I think its clear that we aren't particularly impressed by JRS recent run of form either.
We've all seen the flashes of potential, when he is on form he is a serious player that terrifies defenders.
One very important thing to remember is this though - JRS joined you on a long, painful path back from long-term injury. He had barely played any competitive football for a year. This spell of tough games in quick succession is probably the hardest he's ever had to push his injury-prone body in his whole career so far, and he looks almost broken. I'm a little scared he will break down completely and get injured again.
I hope he comes through this difficult period and emerges as a tougher, more consistent player, but the Jury is out right now isn't it.
On a more positive note, I've been enjoying following Sheffield United this season, and my bet for Sheffield United to get promoted is looking like a serious runner
He’s obviously played too many games, in such a short space of time. We’ve had to wait until he’s injured just to get Brooks on the pitch.
A lot was made of the mismanagement of players and their subsequent injuries under Hecky. This season we’ve brought in Souttar, JRS, Moore and Campbell and so far 3 of the 4 have been injured for what could be classed as extended periods of time.
We are definitely having a lot of bad luck but when you have a very capable player on the bench who hasn’t been getting barely any minutes then some questions should be getting raised by certain quarters within the ranks.
This has become a tiring point over the last few days, sorry Blade56
Why do we need a CM?
I’ve never disputed that rotation is part of the modern game but 2 points.
) that at the risk of developing an underperforming JRS I feel we are at risk of losing one of if not the most exciting youngster I can remember since seeing Keith Edward’s break into the first team. My view and many might not agree.
Players will develop if they are good enough, as you state with Jebbo and Osula, they've generated fees because of their development.I’ve never disputed that rotation is part of the modern game but 2 points.
Our squad of experienced players is so small we are having to rotate to many youngsters in to the match day squad and that’s having an impact with injuries on them.
However, JRS (and here we might disagree) is not performing for whatever reason while Brooke’s has not been given a start ahead of him or been used until last 2 games to replace him. Then, when Brooke’s has been used he has arguably been our stand out player.
We have a problem with the size of the squad and potentially medical / coaching issues with the ongoing injuries (as you say fitness is key with the demands of the modern day). The other issue is when we play a breakthrough player and they show potential most of them don’t want to sit on the bench and want away when they’re not getting game time.
Back to topic.
If we continue to develop JRS and don’t give Brooke’s game time (and imo he’s earned it) he will / does want away. We’ve seen it with Jebbo, Osula, Lankshear, et al. whereas given the chance ArBlaster seemed happy to stay and develop because he was getting game time. Would that be the case if we had benched him and got Louis Barry or Tyler Morton in to help us and develop someone’s else’s player.
And if we do successfully develop others youngsters we don’t get a sniff at keeping them eg McAtee and Doyle.
My original point stands (tiring as others may find it
This conundrum is so important right now. We stand at a crossroads with new owners in a strong league position on the pitch. The task for the new owners is to undertake a paradigm shift in strategy to create a successful team on the pitch that can attract good foreign and home grown players whilst holding on to what we’ve got.
Be that wages, opportunity etc we’ve got to retain the good young uns not see them have a few good games and move to a big club as bench warmers. The likes of Bournemouth, Brighton manage it with low crowds and we need that ballsy leadership on and off the pitch to do the same.
Unfortunately, I don’t feel the new owners have the will or experience to achieve that big paradigm shift. It’s already feeling like tying Wilder in to a long term contract and shopping at Aldi for the foreseeable future is their strategy. I feel they are in it to take the quickest route to promotion and to make a profit.
I still hope beyond hope I’m wrong on that bigger picture but my original point is, for now, we need to hang onto Brooke’s ahead of developing and/or testing a Crystal Palace player we will never have as our player.
PS weeeeerz 50/50 AB/JRS scarfs?
With players returning from injury and new arrivals CW indicated that there would be 8 to add to the current match day squad.Should be sufficient if they all stay free of injury.
seriki similar to brooks is another i would like us to give a run in the team to those 2 could develop in to a very good pairing down our right hand side and much better attacking wise than gilchrist and rak-saki
Blade56 I agree with the point you are making and I think we are in a similar position with Seriki (when fit) and Gilchrist. The latter has done very well but when Seriki is back do we want to develop a Chelsea player or one of our own? At the minute these are moot points as we are going with whoever is fit and that is the point of having a squadI’ve never disputed that rotation is part of the modern game but 2 points.
Our squad of experienced players is so small we are having to rotate to many youngsters in to the match day squad and that’s having an impact with injuries on them.
However, JRS (and here we might disagree) is not performing for whatever reason while Brooke’s has not been given a start ahead of him or been used until last 2 games to replace him. Then, when Brooke’s has been used he has arguably been our stand out player.
We have a problem with the size of the squad and potentially medical / coaching issues with the ongoing injuries (as you say fitness is key with the demands of the modern day). The other issue is when we play a breakthrough player and they show potential most of them don’t want to sit on the bench and want away when they’re not getting game time.
Back to topic.
If we continue to develop JRS and don’t give Brooke’s game time (and imo he’s earned it) he will / does want away. We’ve seen it with Jebbo, Osula, Lankshear, et al. whereas given the chance ArBlaster seemed happy to stay and develop because he was getting game time. Would that be the case if we had benched him and got Louis Barry or Tyler Morton in to help us and develop someone’s else’s player.
And if we do successfully develop others youngsters we don’t get a sniff at keeping them eg McAtee and Doyle.
My original point stands (tiring as others may find it
This conundrum is so important right now. We stand at a crossroads with new owners in a strong league position on the pitch. The task for the new owners is to undertake a paradigm shift in strategy to create a successful team on the pitch that can attract good foreign and home grown players whilst holding on to what we’ve got.
Be that wages, opportunity etc we’ve got to retain the good young uns not see them have a few good games and move to a big club as bench warmers. The likes of Bournemouth, Brighton manage it with low crowds and we need that ballsy leadership on and off the pitch to do the same.
Unfortunately, I don’t feel the new owners have the will or experience to achieve that big paradigm shift. It’s already feeling like tying Wilder in to a long term contract and shopping at Aldi for the foreseeable future is their strategy. I feel they are in it to take the quickest route to promotion and to make a profit.
I still hope beyond hope I’m wrong on that bigger picture but my original point is, for now, we need to hang onto Brooke’s ahead of developing and/or testing a Crystal Palace player we will never have as our player.
PS weeeeerz 50/50 AB/JRS scarfs?
Wilder mentioned Seriki as one of the names back potentially for Norwich though.
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