Those are seasoned professionals, Percival is not. My Barrow mates who I work with said Percival had a quiet game didn't look mobile and had heavy strapping on his leg so maybe Brown just gave him a run out to see if there is any injury reaction. Must have been a bad injury to be out so long, I suppose a "dead leg" recovery time is unpredictable.

What difference does that make? Surely the nature of the injury is what determines whether someone needs drip feeding back into the team? He's still playing against fully fledged adults in Championship 1 even if the pace is slower. And that doesn't explain Jones playing for Rochdale. He's had more experience than Percival.

Id suggest the difference is Walsh and Amor are major, major players for us and even if half fit/off the pace then they're better off in the starting line up.

Because not everything is "Black and White", experienced pro's know how to handle there bodies and play with an injury to get through a superleague game............Percival has NO EXPERIENCE at all to do that at this level. We may also have a similar Scenario with Sav.

Eh? Percival was in and out of the first team last year so your point isn't even accurate. And you still haven't accounted for Jones who has been a regular first team player throughout Brown's time with us.

No coach will ever get any praise off her unless Royce comes back.

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Just keep telling yourself that just like you dream of Royce coming back.

Are you trying to convince me that Percival or Jones are "Season Pro's".

I think you are getting confused in comparison to the understanding majority.

She just can't help having a dig at any coach post Royce.

To be fair, we've not had a decent coach in that period and we still don't.

Maybe, just maybe. Brown isnt tinkering but is rewarding those who have taken their chance whilst Pervical and Jones were missing? Whilst using Rochdale to give them two a run? Or is that just too outlandish an idea?

OUT OUT I SAY. Be gone with your wild theories.

Well, given it was your post I was originally responding to, maybe you can educate us allOur conditioning team don,t have a good track record of getting players up and running after injury though. Percival had a dead leg which lasted around 3 to 4 weeks so if we add the "Wheeler Factor" it could be 6 weeks. Hope he's not standing up all day in the burger van.'"

Nope. Perfectly possible and I'd agree with him too.