| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! 18:06 - Oct 18 with 7980 views | numptydumpty |
According to the club announcement mid week.
Not one in the squad.
Appreciate also was an international week, hence why Burrell and Saito were on the bench. Yes, we have been on a very decent run, but announcing all three available for selection and not one of them, even on the bench. Who are the club misleading exactly. I did expect, at least one of the three to be on the bench. If it was to mislead Millwall, it was unsuccessful. Almost like the club are saying this one is on JS. There is clearly some kind of deception with announcements still which I find strange as its completely unnecessary currently IMHO.
JCS - I doubt would have been selected anyhow, but more likely to be on the bench if Morrison is out injured against Swansea.
Chair - In hindsight would have been the perfect sub for this game, as to how the game was played out.
Poku - also would have been interesting for the last fifteen minutes.
I would say if they are indeed actually available for selection, myself personally would have all three on the bench at Swansea. Morgan, Morrison and Frey would be who they could replace for me. If, not one of them, is to be seen against Swansea, you would have to question that the club is putting out squad news that is actually a lie - misleading at the very least. Hope this is not so, as for me, they have seemed to be learning from past mistakes. [Post edited 18 Oct 18:10]
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 09:02 - Oct 19 with 1535 views | gazza1 |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 09:00 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
TBF the club said Poku would be available for Wrexham A. |
Agreed, perhaps rehab has not gone as well as was hoped & expected......
I am more annoyed about the team selection yesterday. [Post edited 19 Oct 9:03]
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 09:06 - Oct 19 with 1508 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 09:02 - Oct 19 by gazza1 |
Agreed, perhaps rehab has not gone as well as was hoped & expected......
I am more annoyed about the team selection yesterday. [Post edited 19 Oct 9:03]
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Well, I'm more cynical than you as you know. My nasty cynical side wonders whether they knew it was a terrible look for the shiny new signing to blow his hamstring out in his first game, so basically pretended he hadn't when... he obviously bloody had. |  | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 13:55 - Oct 19 with 1296 views | JamesB1979 |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 09:06 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Well, I'm more cynical than you as you know. My nasty cynical side wonders whether they knew it was a terrible look for the shiny new signing to blow his hamstring out in his first game, so basically pretended he hadn't when... he obviously bloody had. |
If he’d “blown” his hamstring, we wouldn’t have seen him this side of Christmas. He was clearly back in full training last week, so a 2 month layoff compared to a 1 month initially suggested. I’m not sure that is really anything to get worked up about….especially with hamstrings that can be longer rehab than expected.
Fully agree on team though. With Mbengue stating we’re not conceding the killer first goal. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 14:03 - Oct 19 with 1281 views | baz_qpr |
Dave Mc said Chair had Hamstring same as Poku. Guess the club kept it quiet given Coventry and fan outcry at the time about fitness and the number of Hamstring / muscle injuries |  | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 14:36 - Oct 19 with 1236 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Stéphan said in the post-match interview that they still need more time.
We have the club saying that they are available for selection, the manager saying 'hmm, not really' and then after the match saying 'no, not yet'.
It's incredibly amateurish, it raises the familiar questions about comms, lies and medical failings. And that's both unwelcome and entirely avoidable.
How hard can it be to show your manager the press release and ask 'is this ok with you before we publish?'. |  |
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 17:39 - Oct 19 with 1121 views | OldPedro |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 14:36 - Oct 19 by BrianMcCarthy |
Stéphan said in the post-match interview that they still need more time.
We have the club saying that they are available for selection, the manager saying 'hmm, not really' and then after the match saying 'no, not yet'.
It's incredibly amateurish, it raises the familiar questions about comms, lies and medical failings. And that's both unwelcome and entirely avoidable.
How hard can it be to show your manager the press release and ask 'is this ok with you before we publish?'. |
It does sound a bit like the fitness dept wanting to say, we've got the players fit while the manager doesn't think they are fit enough and ready to be part of the match squad. We've been told a couple of times already that players will be back soon and they haven't come back yet.
Agree that it isn't a good look and suggests that there could be some level of conflict behind the scenes between the different depts. A bit worrying, if you ask me, bearing in mind that our last manager had issues with the fitness dept. |  |
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 18:06 - Oct 19 with 1067 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 13:55 - Oct 19 by JamesB1979 |
If he’d “blown” his hamstring, we wouldn’t have seen him this side of Christmas. He was clearly back in full training last week, so a 2 month layoff compared to a 1 month initially suggested. I’m not sure that is really anything to get worked up about….especially with hamstrings that can be longer rehab than expected.
Fully agree on team though. With Mbengue stating we’re not conceding the killer first goal. |
I can see every team doing what Millwall did yesterday and Oxford a couple of weeks ago. Camp in and hit long on the break, exactly what we do away.
Mbengue needs to play as often as possible and Frey can't start with Kone. Those two decisions killed us yesterday.
I reckon Chair and Poku will be on the bench versus Swansea.
Bigger question is why Kolli is not getting minutes ahead of Frey? Strange as he could have done well yesterday. | |
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:07 - Oct 19 with 1012 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 13:55 - Oct 19 by JamesB1979 |
If he’d “blown” his hamstring, we wouldn’t have seen him this side of Christmas. He was clearly back in full training last week, so a 2 month layoff compared to a 1 month initially suggested. I’m not sure that is really anything to get worked up about….especially with hamstrings that can be longer rehab than expected.
Fully agree on team though. With Mbengue stating we’re not conceding the killer first goal. |
Well, let's see when he's back. Fact remains, dress it up how you like, they said he hadn't done major damage and might be back for Wrexham. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:09 - Oct 19 with 999 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 18:06 - Oct 19 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
I can see every team doing what Millwall did yesterday and Oxford a couple of weeks ago. Camp in and hit long on the break, exactly what we do away.
Mbengue needs to play as often as possible and Frey can't start with Kone. Those two decisions killed us yesterday.
I reckon Chair and Poku will be on the bench versus Swansea.
Bigger question is why Kolli is not getting minutes ahead of Frey? Strange as he could have done well yesterday. |
Not to go all Lassel on you, but I think it's reasonably obvious why that is.
Kolli very purposefully warming up yesterday even after we'd made all our subs. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:36 - Oct 19 with 929 views | numptydumpty |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:09 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Not to go all Lassel on you, but I think it's reasonably obvious why that is.
Kolli very purposefully warming up yesterday even after we'd made all our subs. |
i noticed that too Clive.
And yes he deserves minutes, especially ahead of Frey. | |
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:47 - Oct 19 with 903 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:36 - Oct 19 by numptydumpty |
i noticed that too Clive.
And yes he deserves minutes, especially ahead of Frey. |
Excellent cameo at Bristol City. Reward... stand and watch that. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:58 - Oct 19 with 846 views | QPROslo |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:09 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Not to go all Lassel on you, but I think it's reasonably obvious why that is.
Kolli very purposefully warming up yesterday even after we'd made all our subs. |
Yeh right in front of the cameras way out in injury time and I thought we had made all our subs. Strange viewing. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:58 - Oct 19 with 844 views | Esox_Lucius |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:47 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Excellent cameo at Bristol City. Reward... stand and watch that. |
Also the first one over to applaud the fans at the end and was still having selfies taken and signing autographs around 45 minutes after the players left the pitch. I'll be disappointed if he is being cold shouldered out of the club. |  |
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:02 - Oct 19 with 820 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:07 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Well, let's see when he's back. Fact remains, dress it up how you like, they said he hadn't done major damage and might be back for Wrexham. |
Yes but they didn't say home or away so his revised deadline is 24th Jan 2026! |  | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:04 - Oct 19 with 817 views | JamesB1979 |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:07 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Well, let's see when he's back. Fact remains, dress it up how you like, they said he hadn't done major damage and might be back for Wrexham. |
Didn’t they say he’d be back training sometime in September after the 1st international break? Did they specify Wrexham? He’s in full training now. It’s not a bad injury. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:13 - Oct 19 with 788 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:04 - Oct 19 by JamesB1979 |
Didn’t they say he’d be back training sometime in September after the 1st international break? Did they specify Wrexham? He’s in full training now. It’s not a bad injury. |
Look forward to seeing him soon then.
Got injured August 9, it's now October 19, 11 games and cracking on for three months later and he's not even on the bench.
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:15 - Oct 19 with 782 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:58 - Oct 19 by QPROslo |
Yeh right in front of the cameras way out in injury time and I thought we had made all our subs. Strange viewing. |
TBF if we get a head injury he can still come on.
Or, Peterborough United style, pretend we've got a head injury. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:35 - Oct 19 with 734 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:04 - Oct 19 by JamesB1979 |
Didn’t they say he’d be back training sometime in September after the 1st international break? Did they specify Wrexham? He’s in full training now. It’s not a bad injury. |
"It's not a bad injury"
Sorry, I disagree, James.
It's Poku's second time being out for two to three months with a hammer.
That's Grade 2, maybe Grade 3. Hammers are diagnosed within three days tops, two days before the scan is reliable and one day for the results.
Once the results come in, it's four weeks for Grade 1, eight weeks for Grade 2, or God help us if it's a Grade 3 or 4.
A second Grade 2 or 3, whether it is on the same leg or the other, is incredibly hard to recover from.
Hammer injuries are career-defining. [Post edited 19 Oct 20:36]
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:44 - Oct 19 with 698 views | JamesB1979 |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:35 - Oct 19 by BrianMcCarthy |
"It's not a bad injury"
Sorry, I disagree, James.
It's Poku's second time being out for two to three months with a hammer.
That's Grade 2, maybe Grade 3. Hammers are diagnosed within three days tops, two days before the scan is reliable and one day for the results.
Once the results come in, it's four weeks for Grade 1, eight weeks for Grade 2, or God help us if it's a Grade 3 or 4.
A second Grade 2 or 3, whether it is on the same leg or the other, is incredibly hard to recover from.
Hammer injuries are career-defining. [Post edited 19 Oct 20:36]
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Ok fair enough. I just thought a bad injury would be out until Christmas as an example. But I take your point it’s not minor.
On hamstring injuries, is it always as set as what you say though? Doesn’t it depend on when the player starts running again. Maybe he didn’t progress as planned. But I just don’t agree that we’re being lied to in this case. I also dont recall the club saying he’s be back for Wrexham, I thought it was back training in September. Anyway, let’s hope he’s at least on the bench on Wednesday. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:45 - Oct 19 with 694 views | Northernr |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:44 - Oct 19 by JamesB1979 |
Ok fair enough. I just thought a bad injury would be out until Christmas as an example. But I take your point it’s not minor.
On hamstring injuries, is it always as set as what you say though? Doesn’t it depend on when the player starts running again. Maybe he didn’t progress as planned. But I just don’t agree that we’re being lied to in this case. I also dont recall the club saying he’s be back for Wrexham, I thought it was back training in September. Anyway, let’s hope he’s at least on the bench on Wednesday. |
Not to labour the point... it hasn't been September for a while.
They said last week he was available for selection, as was Chair, as was JCS. None of them even made the bench.
Are we seriously pretending one of those three doesn't make the bench on Saturday if they're actually available for selection?
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:52 - Oct 19 with 673 views | JamesB1979 |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:45 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Not to labour the point... it hasn't been September for a while.
They said last week he was available for selection, as was Chair, as was JCS. None of them even made the bench.
Are we seriously pretending one of those three doesn't make the bench on Saturday if they're actually available for selection?
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Yeah well obviously all 3 have been out for a bit so if they’ve only been back in full training recently, I was surprised they were “available for selection” on Saturday. At the very least they need to be eased back into it. Especially JCS. | | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 21:02 - Oct 19 with 634 views | eastside_r |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 20:45 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Not to labour the point... it hasn't been September for a while.
They said last week he was available for selection, as was Chair, as was JCS. None of them even made the bench.
Are we seriously pretending one of those three doesn't make the bench on Saturday if they're actually available for selection?
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As was said on the podcast, the regime have learnt lessons and improved generally.
But this sort of sh*t still rankles. |  | | |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 21:11 - Oct 19 with 601 views | davman |
Thing is if there is any lying going on, they've now painted themselves into a corner spectacularly, haven't they? We'll know by the end of next week one way or the other... |  |
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| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 21:17 - Oct 19 with 579 views | lassel |
| Chair Poku JCS were all available for selection today said the Club !! on 19:09 - Oct 19 by Northernr |
Not to go all Lassel on you, but I think it's reasonably obvious why that is.
Kolli very purposefully warming up yesterday even after we'd made all our subs. |
They warned me that influencers get stalkers…. | | | |
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