Good to see the 3 of them back again, a shame Kayal and Hemed weren't able to play in the U23 match on Friday as we have no match before next weekend and both will be short on match fitness having barely played.
We will really need available for the WBA game as without Field and Leko, our squad will be a bit stretched
Kayal played 118 games over 4 seasons for Brighton, which doesnt suggest he is injury prone - especially in some instances he wouldnt have been selected.
Being mean I might question why Hemed and Kayal need a break, seeing that they've barely played a minute since they arrived. Indeed if they're both likely to be available for Saturday, extra fitness and sharpness training might be more useful...
Being mean I might question why Hemed and Kayal need a break, seeing that they've barely played a minute since they arrived. Indeed if they're both likely to be available for Saturday, extra fitness and sharpness training might be more useful...
I would imagine that both of them (being experienced pros) will most likely have spent a fair amount of time doing training and fitness work in their own time to get back up to speed, but if the team hasn't officially been training together during the international break they wouldn't gain as much from training at an empty training ground without their team mates anyway
Being mean I might question why Hemed and Kayal need a break, seeing that they've barely played a minute since they arrived. Indeed if they're both likely to be available for Saturday, extra fitness and sharpness training might be more useful...
I would imagine that both of them (being experienced pros) will most likely have spent a fair amount of time doing training and fitness work in their own time to get back up to speed, but if the team hasn't officially been training together during the international break they wouldn't gain as much from training at an empty training ground without their team mates anyway
I'm sure they weren't lounging around all day, tucking into the local cuisine, but I'm sure the facilities at Sparrows Lane are better than at their holiday hotels. I'm sure some of the other players will have been in for training and medical assessment anyway
Beram Kayal has skippered Celtic before now, also playing for Brighton in the Prem last couple of seasons. He's 31 and may need a bit of match fitness, sure, but it would be insane to write him off already.
Hemed I have admittedly been slightly disappointed by, but from what I could see his style of play was somewhat square-peg-round-hole and hopefully we can get the best out of him with the odd tactical adjustment.
Watching Hemed's goals, they often seem to be on a plate, no real work from him other than to find space and then he seems to often get his shot on target, not always a goal but will hit the target and that will lead to goals.
Kayal's balls (oo-er) were a bit over-hit in his cameo, but nothing worth worrying about as he'll get those right in time.
we didn't really miss any of them at Fulham, but who knows, we might have won had they all been able to play .. I'd be happier if they could all have a 'junior' game to get into some semblance of match fitness before getting into contention for a first team spot
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As for the other 2. Hard to judge as they've not had much game time, but from what I've seen they are a bit meh & wouldn't even get on the bench.
We will really need available for the WBA game as without Field and Leko, our squad will be a bit stretched
Neither featured in their 3-1 defeat to Austria the other night
Both appeared during the last round of games in September though.
Hemed I have admittedly been slightly disappointed by, but from what I could see his style of play was somewhat square-peg-round-hole and hopefully we can get the best out of him with the odd tactical adjustment.
Kayal's balls (oo-er) were a bit over-hit in his cameo, but nothing worth worrying about as he'll get those right in time.
I'd be happier if they could all have a 'junior' game to get into some semblance of match fitness before getting into contention for a first team spot