The number of injuries is relevant than who they are

The Sargent/Barnes combination was crucial to our early season form and now we are down to our 3rd/4th striker.

All teams have some players they can afford to lose less than others. Even those beloved Farke promotion teams notoriously couldn't win without Buendia, so if he'd gone down for a few months we almost certainly wouldn't have got auto promotion. Ditto Pukki (if we'd had to go down to our 3rd choice striker in those seasons it would have been Srbeny the first time and - I think - Idah the second). So yes, we had injuries in those seasons but importantly NOT to the really crucial players. We currently do have injuries to the really crucial players and, frankly, pretty much no team in this league (or any league) is in a position to avoid a big drop in form if that happens. Except probably Sheffield Wednesday, because their form couldn't drop any more...

Posted By: mr carra on October 5th 2023 at 13:24:11

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Wonder what away fan reaction mightl be to another loss at Coventry (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Oct 5, 11:15:45
- I don’t think people are expecting to beat the likes of Coventry (NCFC) - Yuller69, Oct 5, 12:18:54
  - Last time at Coventry was a brilliant performance from us (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Oct 5, 13:41:54
- A bit of tutting I would imagine. (NCFC) - Hunstanton Harry, Oct 5, 12:16:48
- We are 7th FFS in an injury crisis (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 11:30:21
  - It’s more the direction of our form than anything else (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 5, 17:12:29
  - Fewer injuries than our opponents last night (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 13:08:36
    - The number of injuries is relevant than who they are (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 5, 13:24:11
    - 4 or less you mean? (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:13:17
      - No (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 13:22:40
        
        So we agree (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:31:12
        
        Hahahaha (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 5, 17:38:52
        
        You’re an endless black hole of my time (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 17:58:05
        
        We've had a massive reversal in form (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 5, 18:18:24
        
        I don’t agree 6 is a crisis either (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 18:34:18
        
        Ta (n/m) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 5, 22:26:11
        
        If one player constitutes an injury crisis (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 5, 18:20:31
        
        If Pukki has been missing from Aug>Dec of 2018 (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 5, 19:18:52
        
        You don’t know that (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 19:36:39
        
        Well yes, but I don't agree with it being just the one injury (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 5, 18:39:59
        
        You seem overly bothered by this (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 19:15:56
        
        VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 18:26:21
        
        I don’t agree 5 is a crisis (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 13:33:47
        
        Bearing in mind Sainz is missing from that list (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 5, 14:52:19
        
        Of course personnel is important (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 14:57:32
        
        That argument is truly stupid (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 5, 15:13:51
        
        It is when your two main, proven strikers are injured (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:50:04
        
        Yes, not all injuries are equal (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 5, 13:55:46
        
        So what you’re saying is (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 14:58:33
        
        Furthermore we have no strategy without Sargent (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 15:04:51
        
        Indeed. (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 14:28:11
  - How many times did people say that under Smith? (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 5, 12:21:44
    - If everyone thought we would be mid-table why all the blahhhing? (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:09:49
      - Because we should be better than that (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 13:18:19
        
        Ah this is the nub of it (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:25:09
        
        I think we have a bigger budget (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 13:32:04
        
        Quite possibly and we are above all three in the table. (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:54:11
        
        Which shows they’re shit but still we lose to them 🤷‍♂️ (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 5, 19:12:17
      - ... (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 5, 13:16:18
  - I respect the premise (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 5, 12:10:12
    - ✅ VMT (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 5, 13:20:29
      - Yes, that's how I feel (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 5, 17:29:09
    - Yeah. I think last night was just a reflection of where we are. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Oct 5, 12:56:40
      - The parachute payments have effectively already stopped (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 5, 13:17:43
      - The club should still be able to attract players. The set up is excellent (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Oct 5, 13:05:47
    - Why not Warner? (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Oct 5, 12:50:00
  - Same question...assuming not all are as pragmatic as your good self. (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Oct 5, 11:50:33
- Worse than that Apathy (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Oct 5, 11:16:56

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