Match Thread Fleetwood

Shef Wed v Luton live on you tube,

Quoted from DB

Apparently, Eisa took a couple of knocks so it probably done as a precaution.

It was not a precaution he could barely move

lmao who the intercourse is red crossing this I'm literally at the match reporting what happened you clown 🤡

Quoted from Chrisblor

It was not a precaution he could barely move

As you are at the match can you do a quick summary when it ends, I'm relying on Towns Twitter.

Does anybody know the gate figure, with the source please?

Lost 1 - 0

Eisa came with a history of injuries so I’m not overly surprised he’s out already. But the rest? Christ.

It's very summer 2014, all these injuries. We'll be bringing back Alan Connell on a short term deal.

Quoted from DB

As you are at the match can you do a quick summary when it ends, I'm relying on Towns Twitter.

First half we looked very decent, Rose was linking well with Clifton and Eisa and we had a couple of decent moves which lacked the necessary final ball or clinical finish. Switched off a couple of times at the back and got punished when they slipped a player in down our left flank who squared to the unit they had up front to knock it in for 1-0. Midfield generally looked quite proficient and we had most of the possession.

Second half Hunt and Clifton went off at HT and we created little other than one nice team move where Vernam, Khouri and Glennon combined well to get in behind them but there was nobody at the final post and they managed to scramble it away. Not entirely sure how Eisa got injured but will be very surprised if he makes it into the squad for next Saturday. Conteh is really good.

I remember some while ago someone made a suggestion that a high rate of injuries and the length of absence was attributed to Dave Moore and old school methods of recovery. Somethings telling me this was linked to a suggestion he was also retiring. Absolute conjecture but I wonder whether there was something in this (if I’m not making it up at all) given we’re already racking up an injury list.

I also had a thought whilst walking down to the pub that Doigy mentioned in his Spain interview about players not being used to the intensity they train at. Got me wondering whether we push players that smidgen too much and increase the risk of muscle injuries owing to fatigue, especially if we have players who aren’t ‘trained’ to handle that physical demand.

I’m likely trying to search for answers to a scenario that is pure bad luck but it certainly does put a dampener on the excitement that has been building over the summer. In fairness, it wouldn’t be a Grimsby pre-season if we didn’t have something to worry about going into the season.

The hope of pre season ends with the usual multitude of injuries. More concerned with the striking options again this season. The Notts county fans I work with are expecting their 3 main strikers to get 20+ each.  Cant see anyone getting more than low double figures here. Still time for Hurst to pull something off I guess.