up to speed

Martin was under pressure from the start of the season at Southampton with the club unable to get up to speed with the Premier League quickly enough.

Her next goal is getting up to speed on her daughter’s new hobby: competitive cheerleading.

I get the front row is a tough position to bang out 80 minutes but, sometimes, there is value in keeping players on the field, particularly influential players, when they might not necessarily be up to speed physically.

“But they are guys that have played a lot of football,” McVay said, “and how quickly can we race to be able to get up to speed, get comfortable with one another? And we’ll see what that looks like as we evaluate it.”

The Cleddau Project said it took another nine months before the pumps were up to speed.