Reading reports of the Barnsley and Charlton games, the team's comparative lack of fitness gets mentioned. So does Bright Osayi-Samuel's apparent inability to run at opponents in the way that he did earlier in the season. When the date of the re-start was announced, the club protested publicly - which seemed odd at the time. A Fulham-supporting friend asked me 'What was that all about?' I had no idea and all I could suggest was that, when the players had come back to training, the stats had shown that they were more unfit than the staff had expected. With two unimpressive performances behind us, is that now the explanation? | |