Lippy wrote:Jonh is probably the best person on here to talk about weight, fitness and effectiveness. But as you say we got 60 - 65 minutes out of him at weekend. He looks big but that does not mean he is unfit. Would we see a any improvement in his fitness if he lost weight? Id rather have a porky Riddell than a muscle bound Higham any day.
A fair point. Terry Newton and Keiron Cunningham are no slim jims but have been two of the best hookers in the British game. Riddell proved me (and a few others) wrong about his fitness. He lasted around 60 minutes which for someone who should be involved at the start of every play the ball is very good. (No wonder he isn't making as many dummy half runs
) but I still don't think it would do any harm for Riddell to slim down. Although I don't think it is as necessary as I thought it was.
However this does not apply to Karl Pryce and Feka.