In terms of busy-ness of schedule- the benefit of having two weeks off is probably offset by the fact that with the two rescheduled games we now face four midweek games in a row. And losing Matrevics not an enormous issue- we've covered him with Azizi in the past, and could bring a loanee if we wanted.Reckless wrote:Of course he did the right thing. 2 weeks off after an 8 game August, would be missing our best player plus our back up keeper for 2 games, at least 4 maybe 5 of DC's
starting players injured and others with niggles giving them vital recovery time. Hobson's Choice in my opinion.
I think the key motivations will have been i) allowing us to have Jack in the side for the two games ii) Perhaps some players are close to picking up injuries and could really benefit from a rest. iii) Players who are currently not match fit will be in a couple of weeks time On the latter, I guess the size of the benefits and required delay basically comes down to exactly how far off match fitness some of the other players are- which the club will have a fair idea of, but we as fans aren't so well sighted on. Given the club have re-arranged both games for dates only a couple of weeks after the original fixtures would suggest the club reckons there are players who are only a week or two off match fitness. I think there is a bit of an advantage in postponing so don't object to the club exercising their right to do so.