"Struggling to meet pace of the match" (sic) , what to do ?

[ClaudeJ]

Hey there,

so, as I'm going through my pre-season friendlies, more and more I see my key players' body language being described as "Struggling to meet pace of the match" when they come from the bench.

How do you guys deal with that situation?

[Cloud9]

6 hours ago, ClaudeJ said:

Hey there,

so, as I'm going through my pre-season friendlies, more and more I see my key players' body language being described as "Struggling to meet pace of the match" when they come from the bench.

How do you guys deal with that situation?

Might be lack of match sharpness since you're in pre-season. 

[vrig]

Try and score a goal. That seems to be pretty much the only way to shut the moody nutters up.

[gunnerfan]

I ignore it. It’s way more prevalent in friendlies than in competitive matches.

The one that never fails to cheese me off is, “Would have preferred to remain on the bench.”

[ClaudeJ]

Oh yeah, I get that one too. I started to look for a water bottle as a medium of my own body language when I did read that. ^^

Thanks for your input, guys. I'm wondering if that could a lack of workrate, which they have at around 12/20.

We'll see when the season starts.

Still 'd have liked to know what that means though. I guess that if it's there, it has some sort of importance.

Cheers