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Lewis Out - Tom Sparrow In

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16 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Given the conditions and the emergencies available it definitely makes sense. 3 talls and one small on a possibly wet pitch. No brainer. 

I forgot to elaborate - it feels like a strange decision as we have others like Wagner, Stretch and Maynard, for example, who are more ready made players waiting in the wings. 

But, Goody knows best and he has proven that time and time again. So let's hope Sparrow plays well! 

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    3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    I forgot to elaborate - it feels like a strange decision as we have others like Wagner, Stretch and Maynard, for example, who are more ready made players waiting in the wings. 

    But, Goody knows best and he has proven that time and time again. So let's hope Sparrow plays well! 

    Pecking order established. 

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    Don’t mind this at all, Port have a ton of youth and pace in their side, Lewis would be the slowest man on the field could get exposed badly

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    So this is definitely confirmed, last training session is normally a 45 min leg turnover on Friday morning, Captains Run, on Wednesday when I said hello to Lewis, he was fine

    Just going on Mark Stevens, as he has been right so often, surprised he hasn't used his Demonland identity to confirm

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    With slippery conditions Port may regret having so many talls so wouldn't be surprised if Ryder is a late out.

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    20 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    With slippery conditions Port may regret having so many talls so wouldn't be surprised if Ryder is a late out.

    They don't have many talls at all.  

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    Is this confirmed? Can't find anywhere

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    9 minutes ago, goodoil said:

    They don't have many talls at all.  

    I was counting those over 190cm+ as being 'tall' in slippery conditions:  Ryder, Watts, Westhoff, Marshall, Lycett, Clurey, Bonner, 3 of which are over 196cm or over

    I think we have 5 or 6 over 190cm with two at 196 or taller.

    Not a big deal, as I was just guessing Ryder might be rested because of the ground conditions and his injury.

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    I would have thought Oskar Baker would be more ready to debut than Tom, he would give us a bit of extra pace too, but having said that I hope young Sparrow flies high today.

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    13 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Hammy in the last session of a 5 month preseason?

    You’d be cut

    especially as its likely his last season

    Hammies are an old man's injury, so would be very unsurprising really.  I'd never done one until my last season, but I was hardly the professional footballer that Lewis is either.

    Probably done it at this point as he is priming himself to go full bore in training, where as I could understand if someone of Lewis's age and experience could have been more or less in cruise mode up to this point.

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    This is a bigger out than many are suggesting. Lewis might run like he has concrete boots on, but he is a good user by foot and is a handy general down back.

    I would be lying if I said I knew anything about Tom Sparrow. I wish him the best of luck on debut and hope he can get the job done for us.

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    13 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Hammy in the last session of a 5 month preseason?

    You’d be cut

    especially as its likely his last season

    Better it happens in the last preseason session than 5 minutes into the first game of the season.

    Good luck to Tom Sparrow. It’s a great achievement to be breaking into the team this early in the season. 

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    17 hours ago, ProDee said:

    Shocked.

    He's looked a mile off.

    Agree.

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    8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Confirmed. 

     

    Looks like I was wrong on Paddy Rider not playing.

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    Long season for old blokes....

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    Might need a gold star next to goowindees’ profile for future reference- shared this long before the media caught wind of it.  Well played.

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    Maybe Sparrow coming in to help cover for Viney & Jones’s interrupted pre-season preparations?

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    4 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

    Seems a strange decision, but if it's going to be a bit wet and slippery, then playing Sparrow makes sense. The FD must really see something in him because, as others have said, he looked a fair bit off the pace through pre-season. 

    Hoping that he plays a ripper game and surprises us all. 

    Pace, midfield speed.   Teams are going for more leg speed with the new rules,  by the looks of it.  

    Lew is slow.   He'll be back for the cats,  I think.   We'll need his General ability

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    17 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

    Maybe Sparrow coming in to help cover for Viney & Jones’s interrupted pre-season preparations?

    they should be right. I reckon they might cover Lewis's absence by having Jones spend a bit of time off half back and Sparrow then gets some time in the midfield rotations.

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    39 minutes ago, Demon Dude said:

    they should be right. I reckon they might cover Lewis's absence by having Jones spend a bit of time off half back and Sparrow then gets some time in the midfield rotations.

    Perfect time for Jones to play off Half Back 

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