Quote ="NickyKiss"Yet and how would he be to be fair?
A bad injury and three years playing a sport where he hardly touched the ball is bound to take some getting over.
It'll be next year before we see him anywhere near his previous best.'"
No, surely he should be "match fit" in a sport he hasn't played for nearly 3 years whilst recovering from an injury that surely he should get "match fit" from before we signed him?
I mean not expecting a player to be immediately the player he was 3 years ago taking into consideration these other factors would be sheer "Madness"!
He's doing well IMO, he's providing enough size and presence etc. to warrant his inclusion and more importantly it's allowing Bateman to recover and leave enough in the tank for "When it matters".
Bateman was looking jaded IMO 6/8 weeks ago and over the last couple of weeks from the bench he's started to show glimpses of his early season form.
Utilising Joel over this period is just one of the reasons IMO for this.
