Are you for real? If you can't take measures to help prevent injury, what is it you think fitness coaches and physios actually do?
All of KersleyDig's questions are good.
Thanks for the support AJS!
I'm not sure EasternGreen understands the importance of science in football these days or vast amount of injury prevention measures that go on? Ice baths, yoga sessions, set diets, meticulously and individually planned training regimes for each player.....
I would be interested to hear what SP has in place to protect the players and try and keep them fit all season.
The "train very hard, play very hard, play lots of high tempo games AND have a very small squad with around 13 senior players" is a very precarious one, one that SP will be acutely aware of. This is why my question regarding the work ethic and natural fitness levels of the bomb squad is relevant. Did SP shift on the players that were poor in terms of looking after themselves and in training? Did he have questions over their work ethic and influence over the younger player's attitude to professionalism. Did the bomb squad not meet his fitness criteria of how where his players need to be etc?
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ASK THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS? I think it would be interesting to know what is in place.