- Aug 13, 2005
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Love Danny Rose, and I'll be genuinely sad if he goes.
However, I can kind of understand it. He's another in the squad that can't be relied upon to stay fit. He can really only play one game a week when fit, and he will miss games during the season.
Also, the way this has been reported, it seems like it's a mutual parting of the ways. Rose has said before that he wants to end his career up north, hasn't he? Perhaps we both see it as the right time to make it happen.
One thing that will be a problem, and I know this is boring stuff, but we will seriously be struggling on the HG front this season from the looks of it with Rose and Tripps both going.
I do wonder if this is why we are happy if he goes. If last season taught Poch anything it would of been how detrimental injuries are to a season’s campaign.
The World Cup and injuries really had an impact on our season in terms of performances and (most importantly to Poch as he’s always going on about it) consistency and he would want that addressed if he’s serious about a league title challenge.
There is no way we can have another season like last year in terms of injuries and have players dropping like flies once again. We need players who can be relied on to stay fit enough to be picked.