Internomad Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I have a young player who has a 'thumbs down' for Sharpness. If I try to select him for a match I am advised by my backroom staff that he shouldn't play because of his lack of Sharpness. So how am I supposed to get him sharp again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakon Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 An orthodox way is to send him out as a sub in a couple of games, give him 30 minutes per game and then start him. Or at least that's the advice. Your staff assumes the starters should play at least 60-70 minutes and assess that he lacks sharpness to get through all 70-90 minutes of football. In reality it's much more complicated. If you have a compact schedule and you play two games per week, then 30 minutes of football twice a week will improve sharpness of that player, but if you play just once in a week it doesn't make too much difference so it takes too much time for him to get match fit again. And that could be problematic if he's a first team player who has expectations about his game time. More often or not I just ignore the advice and send him out in the starting line-up. Just a couple of things you need to keep in mind: his fitness will decrease faster, so it's better to sub him in the second half to avoid injuries allegedly his performance is not the best if his sharpness is low, so it depends on a game and opponent that you have - if you anticipate an easy game you can have one player in the line-up who is not really match fit, but if you include 3-4 such players then the overall performance of your team could suffer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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