05 Aug 2024 01:27:54
I might be in a minority here but i am really getting pissed with Luke Shaw. I am sure a lot of people will come to defend him here but i was expecting him to be back in training.
Agreed that he had extended season with the Euros but it was not like he was playing games week in week out for the whole season.
Dude was injured for almost the entire season and played maybe 2 games in the Euros and is still on holidays while Bruno, Dalot, despite playing the whole season as well as Euros are already back.
I understand injury does not mean you are on holidays but usually holidays mean you are taking a break from lot of games that wears you out. Shaw being resting for the entire year, I was expecting him to be back to training before any other guys. He is allowed to take extended break but if he was serious about the coming season, he would have shown some commitment.
Going back couple of years, the only time he had an amazing season was during his last year of the contract. Immediately after signing the contract, the season after he came overweight.
I love the bloke but i seriously doubt his professionalism. For me LB is a major issue we have to fix. You never know, he might miss the season again with injury as i don't see him trying to get fit.
05 Aug 2024 08:59:08
I agree I think he should be back now and contributing after having so long off. It’s what I would do and what I’d expect others to do.
But then you have those personalities who see nothing wrong with what they are doing and Luke appears to think he deserves this holiday. You’d think someone at the club would have told him that he needs to get back, maybe that hasn’t happened. And he’s never been the sharpest tool in the box has he.
05 Aug 2024 09:06:08
Pre Season is nothing like it used to be with the increase in competitive games, internationals etc. It very much feels like the NFL where it is about fitness from training whilst navigating through the games without injury.
On Shaw the best thing is for him to miss the games in America, let him rest from the Euros whilst doing some more training back at Carrington. The Euro's may actually help come the competitive games to have got him up to speed so holding him back now makes sense.
We will need to manage the full backs this season, If we can get Dalot/ Mazouari split the minutes on the right and 30/ 35 games out of Shaw on the left with the remainder coming from Amass/ Malacia and Dalot/ Mazouari filling where needed.
05 Aug 2024 09:38:17
From what I can gather the club can’t force him back as players have to have 3 weeks off, Bruno, Dalot etc didn’t get to the final so they were back a week earlier, it’s just the rules so no point in being annoyed at the player. If he came back and got injured immediately you’d be saying he should have had a break.
05 Aug 2024 13:46:58
What on earth are you talking GDS? Did you even read my post. I mentioned that he is entitled to his holidays but if he is any serious he would turn up to training sooner than others as he has been absent for long period of time. If you want to talk about Bruno and Dalot then it is funny you spoke about one final they didn't get but not the tons of games they had to play week in week out while Shaw was taking a rest due to injury.
I maintain again, you train to stay fit and sharp, not go to holidays. He can do light training to stay fit and not rush to intense training. Having been absent for entire season, i believe that is what professionals should do. And we fans also should stop defending players who do not deserve defending.
05 Aug 2024 13:47:30
Shaw should have been sold years ago
He can’t stay fit regardless how good he is the guy can’t be trusted to play every week
Far to long we’ve kept hold of players that at any other team with ambitions to win major trophies would have got rid,
I’ll give him 3 weeks into the season before he’s out again.
05 Aug 2024 16:41:39
I think its based of Eufa rules and players must get 3 weeks off but i may be wrong, so even if he was back you can't play him. For all we know he may have been training at one of those camps in portugal.
06 Aug 2024 00:31:13
Stress head,
No idea why you are ranting at me, I said from what I can gather it’s the rules, rules which mean the player has to have 3 weeks off, no need for that response, pretty obvious what I was talking about.
06 Aug 2024 01:30:21
It is rules, not law. Plenty of time players have come early to training cancelling the vacation. That is what real professionals who want to prove something do.
Shaw might be entitled to that holiday but if he wanted to stay fit and prove his ability, then he would easily cut off his holiday and return to training soon. The only reason he took extended break is because he is a terrible professional who usually comes back overweight.
Great left back but always injury prone and poor professionalism means should be sold this summer if not next summer.