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Post by colstoncrawford on Nov 15, 2019 18:32:59 GMT
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Post by britty on Nov 15, 2019 22:45:12 GMT
I listen to a couple of football podcasts and many ex players reflect on the fact that they rarely went through periods of a season without carrying some kind of injury. I don't think our level of injuries is out of the ordinary - our challenge is being able to cope with it with such a small squad.
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Post by trevor1946 on Nov 16, 2019 10:24:36 GMT
I agree with a small squad, and finances dictate how many players you can afford the higher the league the higher the quality of player needed. and the higher the cost
So with a good small squad, injuries dictate the season if your major players are out. League 1 will always be a challenge to such a small club.
Like most fans i judge a player on his performance, and naturally total ignorant of the injury he is carrying. We are what we are and move on.
We like to be around bigger clubs, and the challenge it brings, but we will always have times struggling against their resources.
For league 1 to be a starting point, reflects on the clubs achievements.
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Post by insideleft on Nov 16, 2019 10:54:36 GMT
There must be a few on here who have turned 60 or nearly, I guess Colston has?! In which case you will recall football in the late 60’s going into the 70’s and beyond.
You got a programme, team listed 1 to 11 and invariably that’s who turned out on a Saturday.
It was common for a number of players to play all 42 games. I believe there is a famous stat that documents when Derby County won the league under Cloughie they only used 12 players. We’ve used 17 already this season.
These were days when you could kick lumps out of each other on muddy, sometimes even frozen and snow covered pitches. There was no sports medicine, sports science, physios and now assistant physios etc etc. You got a trainer with a bucket of cold water. If your injury was beyond that you went to the DRI!
A grumpy old man moan maybe but I do not understand the frequency of injury in modern football. How does it compare with Rugby? |
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Post by trevor1946 on Nov 16, 2019 11:55:06 GMT
I remember those days, heaven help you if you were still down when he hit you with the cold sponge,and the boots with the steel toe caps.
To be fair the game is a lot faster now.and the ball travels further,the old leather ball in wet weather took some shifting, a good toe poke seemed best to clear it.
Also midweek games were not common,so you got all week to recover, In fairness most midweek games were at the end of a season, were pitches were bad and games were called off,then you had to pull them in late on in the season,because of the date the season ended, also with playing twice a week, games in hand were not good
players did get tired,and carrying knocks with little time to recover, Aint got a clue about rugby.watching it during the world cup,looks very physical and must carry a lot of injuries. must say though when the ball got lighter,and the boots,more like trainers.with moulded studs,your control of the ball improved,and it was nice not to get the nails from the studs,sticking in your feet,
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