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Whilst reading through a few threads, I've come across a bit of a common theme that I'm a little unsure of. It seems that most people are of the opinion that 2006 will be Kouta's last year and I'm wondering why this is?
Ok, so his contract expires at the end of 2006 & he turns 33 next January. The only thing that could stop him playing on into 2007 is his body, the way we use him and his desire.
Kouta played a hell of a lot of minutes this season, with the vast majority of that time on the ball. We can't ask or expect him to do that in 2006, he needs to be rested a little more and other blokes in the midfield need to step up to the plate.
He is such a good clearance player, that we haven't had the luxury to do this the past couple of seasons. Pagan needs to bite the bullet and either give him a 5 minute spell on the bench every quarter or so, or let him rest in a Forward Pocket for a while.
If we were to go down this track, I can't see why Kouta couldn't play on into 2007, spending more and more time as a forward.
Ok, so his contract expires at the end of 2006 & he turns 33 next January. The only thing that could stop him playing on into 2007 is his body, the way we use him and his desire.
Kouta played a hell of a lot of minutes this season, with the vast majority of that time on the ball. We can't ask or expect him to do that in 2006, he needs to be rested a little more and other blokes in the midfield need to step up to the plate.
He is such a good clearance player, that we haven't had the luxury to do this the past couple of seasons. Pagan needs to bite the bullet and either give him a 5 minute spell on the bench every quarter or so, or let him rest in a Forward Pocket for a while.
If we were to go down this track, I can't see why Kouta couldn't play on into 2007, spending more and more time as a forward.

