Gribz 966 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Why don't we have a match this weekend? I suppose with last weeks game called off and no game until boxing day will give the players a rest and there is no excuse for winning on boxing day and on Dec 30 against Dunfermline to keep the winning run going. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 y will give the players a rest Professional sportsmen should not need a rest when training at most 20hrs per week & competing only once a week!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTP 0 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Professional sportsmen should not need a rest when training at most 20hrs per week & competing only once a week!!! Come on Darther, guess you aren't in twitter land? Nando's and breaking bad takes it's toll you know. (edit: in jest, the players are allowed a life too ofcourse) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Professional sportsmen should not need a rest when training at most 20hrs per week & competing only once a week!!! Can't see how that is true. Many professional athletes cannot peak every week and so enter competitions with reasonable intervals. They then ramp up their training to coincide with the competition before mostly resting the week before. The body is not an engine, it works better on short amounts of stress and then plenty of rest and also needs cycling of training intensities to keep in top condition. Football scheduling doesn't usually allow this and so you get peaks and troughs of form and fitness. When you're playing two games a week, you have no time for proper fitness training, with the game itself providing most of that. A two week "rest" from the game when the players can concentrate on personalised fitness goals could work really well to improve or recover the fitness levels of the team. It is boring though... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Can't see how that is true. Many professional athletes cannot peak every week and so enter competitions with reasonable intervals. They then ramp up their training to coincide with the competition before mostly resting the week before. The body is not an engine, it works better on short amounts of stress and then plenty of rest and also needs cycling of training intensities to keep in top condition. Football scheduling doesn't usually allow this and so you get peaks and troughs of form and fitness. When you're playing two games a week, you have no time for proper fitness training, with the game itself providing most of that. A two week "rest" from the game when the players can concentrate on personalised fitness goals could work really well to improve or recover the fitness levels of the team. It is boring though... Lets be honest....how hard are these guys REALLY pushing their bodies week in, week out??? I was watching some of the Nordic Skiiing @ the weekend - These guys were doing a 7.5k sprint, then collapsing @ the finishing line due to the effort they were putting in. I don't know how often they race, but when they do they certainly give it their all. There are plenty of sports out there that require far higher fitness levels than footballers, they get paid buttons and work 10 x harder. We're roughly about 1/2 through the season, and they need a break??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,885 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Honest question, there is a full fixture list for the 22nd, why don't we play again? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTinMan99 0 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Lets be honest....how hard are these guys REALLY pushing their bodies week in, week out???I was watching some of the Nordic Skiiing @ the weekend - These guys were doing a 7.5k sprint, then collapsing @ the finishing line due to the effort they were putting in. I don't know how often they race, but when they do they certainly give it their all. There are plenty of sports out there that require far higher fitness levels than footballers, they get paid buttons and work 10 x harder. We're roughly about 1/2 through the season, and they need a break??? It's not just about fitness levels. Football being a contact sport, you get all manner of knocks that only rest can help you recover from. Add to that the nature of a footballers actions, and you get all types of muscle strains that only time can heal properly. A player that plays in every game, twice a week, is a rarity. There's a reason most of them walk with a stick as they approach their 60's. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 It's not just about fitness levels. Football being a contact sport, you get all manner of knocks that only rest can help you recover from. Add to that the nature of a footballers actions, and you get all types of muscle strains that only time can heal properly. A player that plays in every game, twice a week, is a rarity. That is why you have a squad!!!! When was the last time Lionel Messi complained about being tired??? That wee chap gets kicked from pillar to post (I believe he's jealous of the treatment Temps gets) every week, but he gets up & dusts himself down & gets on with it. Some of our players get injured lifting a chicken wing @ Nandos.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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