DONE DEAL - Mathieu Manset

[Wycombe Royal]

Tabb scores the third, set up by Manset.

[Snowball]

Am I the only one who really liked what I saw on Saturday? Yes he needs to build up his fitness and get to know our players but honestly, what were people expecting, the guy is 21, french-speaking, only met the rest of the team when they arrived on Saturday, has only just managed to cement his place in a first team, and at league two level. I thought he did a pretty decent job, got into the right places and was only denied two headed goals by a premiership standard keeper who commands his area brilliantly.

+1

I was speaking up for him.

[brendywendy]

sounding good so far then.

top stuff

and nice 1 tabby too!

[Snowball]

Has Manset really only scored ONE measly goal?

[ZacNaloen]

Who's the opposition?

[brendywendy]

Pffft

who cares.

[ZacNaloen]

"Young and inexperienced palace side"


Should have scored more. Get rid.

[Stretts]

He has only just managed to cement his place in a first team, and at league two level.

Eh?

[RoyalBlue]

Unless you are a good athlete I suspect you couldn't, although I understand the point you are making.

I know its the internet but I'm really not a fat bearded nonce.

I wasn't for one moment suggesting that you are. However, I maintain that only good athletes will be able to run further than our players over a 90 minute period. Whilst they don't train specifically for enurance running, nevertheless the type of training that they do will have built their levels of endurance up to a pretty high level.

[papereyes]

However, I maintain that only good athletes will be able to run further than our players over a 90 minute period.

Just to clarify, it was the 90 minutes of a game, not just me and them, running for 90 minutes. An average Prem midfielder runs 10-11 km in a 90 minute game. OK, with the ball out of play for around 20-25 minutes, you're looking at a solid but slow 10k pace.

Which is exactly the point I'm making. Footballers sprint*.



Malcolm MacDonald did a 10.7, 10.8 s 100m in the late 70s. Christ knows how fast some of them are now.

[seahawk10]

He shoots! He scores! His nob is bigger than yours! Mathieu Manset!

[RoyalBlue]

However, I maintain that only good athletes will be able to run further than our players over a 90 minute period.

Just to clarify, it was the 90 minutes of a game, not just me and them, running for 90 minutes. An average Prem midfielder runs 10-11 km in a 90 minute game. OK, with the ball out of play for around 20-25 minutes, you're looking at a solid but slow 10k pace.

Which is exactly the point I'm making. Footballers sprint*.



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Indeed they do but repeatedly over a 90 minute period. So their 'fitness/natural conditioning' would be somewhat different from a 'Linford Christie'. Indeed I would suggest it would be somewhere between that and a 400m/800m runner who might undertake repeated sprints with jogged intervals in between as part of their fitness regime.

[Stuka]

[Snowball]

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/Gallery ... 92,00.html

[PistolPete]

It's not quite Sonko, but does dsiprove my theory that he can't jump!

[cmonurz]

Is that Andersen in goal? Flippin' massive!

[The Reverend]

I think that's just a crease in his shorts

[rg6royal]

Is that Andersen in goal? Flippin' massive!

Alex McCarthy

[Snowball]

Not being able to jump

Precisely. Why I posted the link.

But how would I have posted the image.

I can't paste it. Tried "image" and putting the URL inside...

[sandman]

Is that Andersen in goal? Flippin' massive!

Alex McCarthy

That is McCarthy. But I walked past Andersen the other day and he's massive.