Hmm. Good preview. Two teams with great ball retention stats but not much by way of goal threat. Could be a yawn fest. Now I've said that we’ll win 5-4.
What's wrong with JFC? Mentions of other injuries but his has hardly been mentioned.
I wrote about it in the original post, but essentially he picked up a hamstring injury during the international break, but the severity hasn’t been disclosed. It’s expected to be only minor and he will be back soon, but with JFC, you’ve just got to be that extra careful. I hope he is back in training this week.
It does make me wonder whether it is because he had the bad ACL injury. Usually, to strengthen the knee afterwards, you’d focus more on developing the quads. They’re the activation muscles, the ones that will support the knee better, and are needed for power within the game. However, as I’ve always said, within football the ratio seems to be all wrong anyway. Hamstrings should be stronger than quads, and it makes me wonder that is JFC an example of the ratio being opposite, and although it helps to protect his knee, his hamstrings suffer instead. He was out last season with a hamstring injury too.
Sage said:
Bangkokaddick said:
What's wrong with JFC? Mentions of other injuries but his has hardly been mentioned.
I wrote about it in the original post, but essentially he picked up a hamstring injury during the international break, but the severity hasn’t been disclosed. It’s expected to be only minor and he will be back soon, but with JFC, you’ve just got to be that extra careful. I hope he is back in training this week.
It does make me wonder whether it is because he had the bad ACL injury. Usually, to strengthen the knee afterwards, you’d focus more on developing the quads. They’re the activation muscles, the ones that will support the knee better, and are needed for power within the game. However, as I’ve always said, within football the ratio seems to be all wrong anyway. Hamstrings should be stronger than quads, and it makes me wonder that is JFC an example of the ratio being opposite, and although it helps to protect his knee, his hamstrings suffer instead. He was out last season with a hamstring injury too.
It's also worth noting that most ACL reconstructions are performed using 2 tendons of your own hamstring.
Without going too far into detail, some players just struggle with ongoing muscular niggles following such an op. I have no doubt professional rehab would have focused on the hammies as much as the quads, but he suffers with a weakness in this area.
Matthews and Gunter are both very good at this level so I suspect LB will keep Gunter at CB even if either Pearce or Famewo are fit to start. Then he would Pratley to midfield and rest Watson. Also, Morgan as a very effective playmaker means Maddison is currently surplus to requirements, which given his lack of fitness and attitude is a very good thing. So.. Amos Matthews Gunter Famewo Purrington Morgan Pratley Shinnie Williams Washington Bogle Subs: AMB, Barker, Pearce, Watson, Gilbey, Aneke, Maddison
Matthews and Gunter are both very good at this level so I suspect LB will keep Gunter at CB even if either Pearce or Famewo are fit to start. Then he would Pratley to midfield and rest Watson. Also, Morgan as a very effective playmaker means Maddison is currently surplus to requirements, which given his lack of fitness and attitude is a very good thing. So.. Amos Matthews Gunter Famewo Purrington Morgan Pratley Shinnie Williams Washington Bogle Subs: AMB, Barker, Pearce, Watson, Gilbey, Aneke, Maddison
I can't see Maddison getting back in the starting XI until he proves himself to Bowyer, whether that's in training or as an impact sub for the last 30 mins.
Andrew Surman is South African and Cameron Jerome still knocks about in England are two things i did not know. Thanks Sage. Jerome has always been a decent player and seems to have a surprisingly good record at MK despite his age. Cliché klaxon alert.... but at this level he is the sort of player Charlton typically struggle against. I fancy an entertaining 0-0, disappointing but not the end of the world.
But it does show that their use of the ball is nowhere near efficient enough.
As said in the preview, don’t expect much of the ball tomorrow, but I don’t think they’ll have as much as they’d like. Watson and Shinnie, especially, will want to take more control of the game.
Andrew Surman is South African and Cameron Jerome still knocks about in England are two things i did not know. Thanks Sage. Jerome has always been a decent player and seems to have a surprisingly good record at MK despite his age. Cliché klaxon alert.... but at this level he is the sort of player Charlton typically struggle against. I fancy an entertaining 0-0, disappointing but not the end of the world.
No problem at all.
Surman was born in Johannesburg, but chose to represent England, only making U21 appearances. I don’t know what age he moved to the UK, but there we go.
I hope we deal with Jerome because his experience is likely to show if we have a makeshift defensive pairing.
Good news as we generally get better results when we have less possession. Cameron Jerome looks a danger, but despite CAFC being the ultimate party poopers I'll go 2-1 to us.
A hell of a lot in the defensive and middle third and lots more down their left hand side too. They also very clearly play short goal kicks too, a few traps can be set here.
This example though, was before Surman signed so might be slightly different with him in the middle of the park.
A hell of a lot in the defensive and middle third and lots more down their left hand side too. They also very clearly play short goal kicks too, a few traps can be set here.
This example though, was before Surman signed so might be slightly different with him in the middle of the park.
Definitely a short passing team, the stats for the centre backs are amazing, the number of passes and completion accuracy, Keogh with 101 passes, 98 successful, but can they hurt teams?
We definitely need an energetic front line tomorrow, to harry them and force errors
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It does make me wonder whether it is because he had the bad ACL injury. Usually, to strengthen the knee afterwards, you’d focus more on developing the quads. They’re the activation muscles, the ones that will support the knee better, and are needed for power within the game. However, as I’ve always said, within football the ratio seems to be all wrong anyway. Hamstrings should be stronger than quads, and it makes me wonder that is JFC an example of the ratio being opposite, and although it helps to protect his knee, his hamstrings suffer instead. He was out last season with a hamstring injury too.
I wrote about it in the original post, but essentially he picked up a hamstring injury during the international break, but the severity hasn’t been disclosed. It’s expected to be only minor and he will be back soon, but with JFC, you’ve just got to be that extra careful. I hope he is back in training this week.
It does make me wonder whether it is because he had the bad ACL injury. Usually, to strengthen the knee afterwards, you’d focus more on developing the quads. They’re the activation muscles, the ones that will support the knee better, and are needed for power within the game. However, as I’ve always said, within football the ratio seems to be all wrong anyway. Hamstrings should be stronger than quads, and it makes me wonder that is JFC an example of the ratio being opposite, and although it helps to protect his knee, his hamstrings suffer instead. He was out last season with a hamstring injury too.
It's also worth noting that most ACL reconstructions are performed using 2 tendons of your own hamstring.
Without going too far into detail, some players just struggle with ongoing muscular niggles following such an op. I have no doubt professional rehab would have focused on the hammies as much as the quads, but he suffers with a weakness in this area.
Looking forward to attending and seeing some of the new signings.
Full faith in Bowyers and the boys...
0-1.
Amos
Matthews Gunter Famewo Purrington
Morgan Pratley Shinnie Williams
Washington Bogle
Subs: AMB, Barker, Pearce, Watson, Gilbey, Aneke, Maddison
I can't see Maddison getting back in the starting XI until he proves himself to Bowyer, whether that's in training or as an impact sub for the last 30 mins.
You ain't seen nothing yet!
He talks about our game from 8 mins 30 seconds in - https://www.mkdons.com/news/2020/december/press-conference-russell-martins-charlton-preview/
But it does show that their use of the ball is nowhere near efficient enough.
As said in the preview, don’t expect much of the ball tomorrow, but I don’t think they’ll have as much as they’d like. Watson and Shinnie, especially, will want to take more control of the game.
Surman was born in Johannesburg, but chose to represent England, only making U21 appearances. I don’t know what age he moved to the UK, but there we go.
I hope we deal with Jerome because his experience is likely to show if we have a makeshift defensive pairing.
Cameron Jerome looks a danger, but despite CAFC being the ultimate party poopers I'll go 2-1 to us.
This example though, was before Surman signed so might be slightly different with him in the middle of the park.
We definitely need an energetic front line tomorrow, to harry them and force errors