26-01-2023, 12:00 PM
The biggest difference between championship and premiership is the intensity for me. Having the ability as a team to control the game to take in breathers is what I have noticed from the better teams at the City Ground this year. We are underdogs in almost every game and have to scrap for everything. 100% concert ration and constant covering of gaps when we don’t have the ball (which is far more often than Cooper would like but needs must).
This in turn leads to injuries and learning from past mistakes is to take players off of not 100% up to speed or risk long term injuries- Niakhate, Mangala, Lingard are cases in point.
Other impact injuries are bound to happen over the season.
I’m glad Scarpa and Danilo went off as in my view it was the optimum time not to risk injury when getting up to speed following the Brazilian close season.
This in turn leads to injuries and learning from past mistakes is to take players off of not 100% up to speed or risk long term injuries- Niakhate, Mangala, Lingard are cases in point.
Other impact injuries are bound to happen over the season.
I’m glad Scarpa and Danilo went off as in my view it was the optimum time not to risk injury when getting up to speed following the Brazilian close season.