Current Player #13 Simon Eastwood

Noticed that when he was taking goal kicks yesterday his action had what I can only describe as "a little sideways jump" as he took the kick.

Never observed this before and am now wondering if it was to avoid taking all his weight on his left peg?
 
If we lose Eastwood for any amount of time, we will get relegated! Probably the single most important player for us.
 
Noticed that when he was taking goal kicks yesterday his action had what I can only describe as "a little sideways jump" as he took the kick.

Never observed this before and am now wondering if it was to avoid taking all his weight on his left peg?
On Radio Oxford they said they were trying to avoid back passes so I think your observations are right. Ten games to our next league game so hopefully that will be enough time.
 
I wonder if the injury happened when he over touched that back pass and had to stretch to clear it (which lead to our goal)? He also fell when he locked it earlier in the game.
 
It sounds like the issue with Eastwood has been managed for a little while and they don't know how bad it could be.
 
If Easty is out for a significant amount of time, then we have really had some bad luck with injuries this season.

That’s not KR fault. It happens, but boy have we had more than our fair share.
 
Wonder if he is out for any amount of time, whether KR will have faith in Stevens, or bring Mitchell back?

Maybe the Trophy match would be a good time to see just how good young Jack is. If we're not going to play him when Easty can't, then why have him?
 
While not saying that an injury to Eastwood is a good thing (it definitely isn't), I wonder if it had any effect on our performance on Saturday?

The team were told to not pass the ball back to Eastwood if possible. In turn that led to less of the 'passing it slowly sideways across the back' palaver that we often see, because it often ends up being passed back to him when we do that. The effect of that was that we moved the ball forward quicker - which gave Portsmouth less time to get organised and gave our wide players more room to operate. As a result, much of the game was played higher up the pitch than we often see, giving Brannagan (for example) the license to get closer to their goal, and for other players to be closer to Mackie - hence him getting the ball at his feet and laying it off to his team mates. Which is why we looked more dangerous and the midfield were closer to their counterparts (thus being much more likely to be able to pressure/challenge for the ball)... ???

Or is that drivel?
 
While not saying that an injury to Eastwood is a good thing (it definitely isn't), I wonder if it had any effect on our performance on Saturday?

The team were told to not pass the ball back to Eastwood if possible. In turn that led to less of the 'passing it slowly sideways across the back' palaver that we often see, because it often ends up being passed back to him when we do that. The effect of that was that we moved the ball forward quicker - which gave Portsmouth less time to get organised and gave our wide players more room to operate. As a result, much of the game was played higher up the pitch than we often see, giving Brannagan (for example) the license to get closer to their goal, and for other players to be closer to Mackie - hence him getting the ball at his feet and laying it off to his team mates. Which is why we looked more dangerous and the midfield were closer to their counterparts (thus being much more likely to be able to pressure/challenge for the ball)... ???

Or is that drivel?

Complete and utter dribble
 
What is the point of having all those goalkeepers on the books if we can't trust any of them to play in the Mickey Mouse cup.
 
It's a big call. Shows how much is riding on the Chupachups Trophy (money?) if our keeper is playing with an injury. If he aggravates it and is out for some time it really will significantly affect our chances of staying up.
 
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