2020/21 Richarlison

[ForeverBlue92]

Would have rested him at least until Leeds the following week tbh but good to have him back our best player and talisman.

 

[BlueToff]

Holding him back until mid September seems far too long to me. There are 3 more Brazil games before that so why should we rest him if he will be going for more internationals?

He should be given a week off and expected to play week 2. But it wouldn't surprise me if he wants to keep playing either. He isn't one to miss many matches, even when he has a knock.

Well apparently he's back this week so we'll see.

I was under the impression he'd be granted between 10 days and 14 days leave - so that would have meant him not being back for the Leeds game, and needing a bit of time to get back to full fitness after a break (a week off is enough to dent fitness at the highest level of performance).

The players are entitled to at least 3 weeks. That was my point. He'd only took one of those weeks but seems like he's keen to get back on it

 

[BlueToff]

The good thing is he's sharp. Been playing competitive football all summer.

He will need to be carefully managed but if he wants to play then at least he's an option to have, even if it's to ease him back in.

He hasn't trained with the team but neither has Dom really other than one or two days, plus it's not like our plan is anything other than give it to Townsend to cross in

 

[BlueToff]

He's going to be worn out by mid-October

Yeah he definitely needs to be managed right.

I think it's 68 or 69 games now since Project Restart. That's a lot of football in the space of 14 months.

So, just got to manage him.

 

[orly]

But how will we get Townsend in??????????

 

[RomanReigns]

he said he will rest when he is dead

 

[TheBigIguana]

he said he will rest when he is dead

At this rate he'll be metaphorically dead before the new year

 

[LocalNative]

Genuinely not surprised he’s chosen to come back early. Although he’s a proper whiner you can just tell he absolutely loves football, he’d be fuming going off as a sub when us/Brazil are winning 5-0.

Think he's safe when playing in royal blue anyway.

 

[kenada_blue]

He was knackered at the back end of last season and the league is a whole different pace to the Copa and Olympics. Add all the traveling to one side of the world to the other....


Wouldn't play him for a couple of weeks in my book.

 

[Bob Latchford]

But how will we get Townsend in??????????

Wing back

 

[chippy1722]

Wing back

That’s Iwobi’s job. The new Ashley Young, Victor Moses, Marcus Alonso.

 

[davek]

Gordon will start or replace him after HT.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Good to get him and DCL back for Saints, did not want to go into this one weaker than we already are.

 

[ah11984]

Sheer sign of desperation if he starts Saturday.

 

[n01efc]

I can’t imagine he will be playing on Saturday, but great he is back.