Last night was pretty intensive and not played out like a traditional friendly in my opinion. I’d be happy to use last night as more of a barometer than the Walsall game for example. He was the best player on the pitch last night.
Match ready and match fit are 2 different things. He may not be doing any contact training yet on his injury return - therefore not match ready. Then once he’s back in full training he can focus on getting match fit…