16 Oct 2016 18:12:18
Is it just me or have there been a lot of heart attacks on the field of play since they started all this sport science nonsense in the 90s. Before then you never really heard or seen that kind of thing.
16 Oct 2016 18:30:03
Was thinking the same myself but came to a different conclusion. My thoughts are that it may be caused by doping and that it is predominantly black players who it happens to.
16 Oct 2016 19:21:58
I think I read somewhere that during the 1980's Liverpool went through a season using only about 14 players, yet they played over 60 matches, they were obviously fit enough.
Football as a sport is not only played at weekends, if clubs want to be successful then they have to tailor their fitness regimes to playing 3 matches a week rather than 2.
I think too often now clubs are targeting the league matches on a Saturday and nothing else, In England especially, teams are giving up on the league cup and FA cup, some clubs don't even want to play in Europe as it gets in the way of league matches.
I accept that there is a lot of money involved in the English league, but I always thought the idea of a sport is to compete with each other and try to win as much as you can.
If sports science means that you can't play 3 games a week then I am against it, the Lisbon lions played lots of midweek games, they didn't keep putting weakened teams out, and they didn't have the advantage of luxury travel the way that modern players have.
The lions can tell their grandchildren about all the medals they have won and about the history they made, a lot of modern players will only be able to boast about finishing 16th in the league, it all seems a bit of a waste to me.
16 Oct 2016 20:44:17
I am not 100% sure on this but i remember hearing that the majority of people who die from heart issue's on the field is largely due to un-diagnosed heart defect's gabby logan's younger brother died from it as have many others also remember kanu had a heart defect that was found when he was young think it was before he went to arsenal and he had it operated on allowing him to continue his career.
16 Oct 2016 21:04:10
Its not just the number of games played that is the problem . Every game means a minimum of three days training lost . The day before the match, the day of the match and the day after . That doesn't take into account long travelling times that can interfere with training even more .
The amount of games that Celtic are playing especially pre - Christmas are really crazy and there is no way a top club like Barcelona would be asked to play them.
16 Oct 2016 23:11:05
Think you're grasping at straws a bit, Oldbhoy, mentioning the lost training days, surely more lessons are learned and more benefit gained by playing sn actual competitive game, these are well paid (too well paid) , professionals, who are mollycoddled too much.
17 Oct 2016 08:38:00
I just recently took part in a sport science project and a lot of professionals there were talking about how much energy drinks were now involved in my current job you get to see the effects if people can't burn the energy drink or super protein off and the results can be frightful.
17 Oct 2016 16:54:32
Aindoh, you never complain about our defence conceding goals from set pieces, nor do u complain about us not scoring enough from our corners and set pieces . Of course you moan away about these things after watching a match on the radio .
Our manager needs more training days to work on set pieces and other aspects of the game . Playing matches builds up team spirit and team - work but British teams play far too many games compared to Spanish for example who really have a different touch than team based from these islands .
Celtic have played in front of the most spectators at home this season, not because they have the biggest attendance but we have played the most games at home .
Strang to say, I am clutching at straws and wanting players mollycoddled, plain stupid I am sure B R would expect to work the players far harder on a training day, than they would work in a match day.