TheEndIsNigh
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Seems fair. The Notts County Internet Police in their incessant desire for positivity come down like a ton of bricks on anyone who expresses doubts about new signings, but this seems like a very strange one. A favour to an agent?Colkett's injury history:
Joined in the summer of 2022. Missed the entire pre-season due to a calf injury. Then he in his 2nd game away at Grimsby in the league cup, he tore his hamstring and missed 2 1/2 months. He returned in November, played 3 games and in his 3rd start against Tranmere on New Years Day, he injured himself again. Came back in early February, injured again, missed another month. Came back in March and managed to stay mostly injury free from then until the end of the season, but that was mostly due to him only playing 4 times in that stretch.
Made just 5 starts.
This season, he got fit, played most of the pre-season, then in his final game against Barnsley, he injured his calf and didn't return for another month. He did have a stretch between September and early December where he was uninjured, but the manager didn't use him very much. But then, the reason for not picking him became clear when he came on against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup. Played just 20-30 minutes of that game and did his hamstring yet again, missing all the Christmas period.
Totally unreliable and untrustworthy from a fitness point of view. Yes, he's been available in various stretches over the last 18 months, but whenever he's played, he's broken down within a few games. So of course the manager is not going to play him.
Very little chance he gives Notts County more than 60-70 minutes per match and almost no chance he gives them a run of games where he starts 4-5 times in a row.
As for the comparison to Jodi Jones, I always though that his issues were related to multiple ACL injuries. Those are freak occurences, not muscle weaknesses like Colkett has.
Comparisons with Jodi Jones because of his injury record are ridiculous, people might as well say he’s like Grealish because he sometimes rolls his socks down.