Tired Of Excuses About Fatigue

I agree Trotters, you don't hear any other clubs moaning about tiredness, travelling and fixture congestion. It is a problem exclusive to BFC and should not be tolerated. You have made a sterling contribution to this board the past 7 days, thanks and well done!!

 

The odd knocks are something that vary from person to person.

We have no idea what kind of injuries players have. They may be knocks that can be played through. They may also be a lot more serious.

 

I thought you just talked rubbish about Keith. Obviously not.

 

I completely agree CT but to be fair to Flicker he hasn't used this as an excuse has he? I remember an interview with an ex pro (can't remember who) but he said it was an excuse but the more it was used the more it would be believed; looks like he was right.

 

Re: Well how about this...

Double post.

 

My aim is to be a psuedo intellectual. Like your good self.

 

So you think it's reasonable that professional sportsmen whose job is to be fit should be expected to play 69 hours of competitive football in nine months. I think anyone who says otherwise is talking rubbish. Horses for courses.

 

Mario's post sums up my thoughts on the issue. It benefits the players and the club for fans to believe that the job is more tiring than it actually is.

 

It's not whether they're fit enough to play 90 minutes, its being able to play at the same level of intensity and high tempo that we have. Don't you ever have an off day at work because you're not feeling 100%?

 

I think it's perfectly reasonable.

However, if you have 11 players that have played 270 minutes in 7 days v a team that maybe on average have played 200 minutes the other side have the advantage.

That's why rotation is so important. Unfortunately, we've not been able to rest our key players for 3 months. Add in two long trips v top sides where we were required to defend for long spells (which is widely known to take more energy) then fatigue is a legitimate concern. Not excuse but concern.

 

I was in the company of one of the first team a month ago and he said it takes a minimum of 3 Days to recover from a match. The tempo of a game is much higher now than what it was pre-premier league. Les Lee said the same thing about recovery years ago.

If you are training every Day for a marathon and haven't taken a Day off in 6 months then you are doing too much unless you are going to be at the sharp end of the race.

 

after the playing the game at a decent level for a number of years. It is not neccesarily physical tiredness, its also mental tiredness too, and the older pros,there bodys take longer to recover.

Players are highly tuned machines. If you ran your car at 8-9000 revs everyday for 90-100 minutes at a time then sure enough the engine will get fatigued or for laymens need retuning, players are exactly the same.

But having said all that i admire Ice Hockey players much more. More often than not they have at least 5 games a week, and are jetting around the USA. And the physical demands on there bodies is much more.

 

had to mention the country as ice hockey is played at a lesser extent than NHL throughout europe.

 

right e o

 

Fatigue is a massive player, marathon's etc. U just run. I turned up without training and did a 10k in good time as I know I'm fit and also after a test run on average 90% on a 10k run every week playing 5 a side.

And playing 5 a side is far more demaning than a 10k

And that's just 5 a side with the boys. Can't imagine the fatigue of a full season playing pro football on bigger pitches.

With a squad already stretched and injuries all over tiredness is a big factor.