It’s an area we seem to have struggled with since the MON days when a certain JT mentioned we got tired after 70 minutes.
Quote from: CT on July 09, 2020, 08:32:26 AMIt’s an area we seem to have struggled with since the MON days when a certain JT mentioned we got tired after 70 minutes.Glad you mentioned Terry. I've only very recently stopped following him on the socials because of the amount of Chelsea stuff he puts up, but he was often posting about his runs, PB's and pounding the treadmill at home. And he's just staff.
Fitness levels not being good enough is a distraction tactic often used by new managers to buy a bit of time. Premier league players are all "fit" so I suspect Dean's comments referred to players like McGinn who've been out injured and are striving to regain their peak fitness. Or maybe a dig at our fixture congestion?Liverpool can be said to be fitter than the rest but is that really the case? Players appear fitter when they're running teams ragged because the opposition team is blowing out their arse trying to get the ball off them. What happened to Liverpool's supreme fitness when Man City battered them 5-0 or when Watford beat them 3-0?
So the players aren't fit enough after a year, and the strikers have to be reminded that they should play further forward and try to score some goals. I take it all back, the bloke's a coaching genius.I noticed yesterday that the questions at the press briefing were noticeably a lot more antagonistic than usual, and Smith seemed much more defensive, and looked flustered. I wonder if he's been told already that if we go down, he's out of the door?
Quote from: Risso on July 09, 2020, 09:13:09 AMSo the players aren't fit enough after a year, and the strikers have to be reminded that they should play further forward and try to score some goals. I take it all back, the bloke's a coaching genius.I noticed yesterday that the questions at the press briefing were noticeably a lot more antagonistic than usual, and Smith seemed much more defensive, and looked flustered. I wonder if he's been told already that if we go down, he's out of the door?I hope so. He needs to be questioned about his utter ineptitude.He's very lucky these games are being played without fans. As are the things with two legs masquerading as football players.
Quote from: The Edge on July 09, 2020, 11:08:42 AMFitness levels not being good enough is a distraction tactic often used by new managers to buy a bit of time. Premier league players are all "fit" so I suspect Dean's comments referred to players like McGinn who've been out injured and are striving to regain their peak fitness. Or maybe a dig at our fixture congestion?Liverpool can be said to be fitter than the rest but is that really the case? Players appear fitter when they're running teams ragged because the opposition team is blowing out their arse trying to get the ball off them. What happened to Liverpool's supreme fitness when Man City battered them 5-0 or when Watford beat them 3-0? It's as plain as a Bulgarian pin-up! Any other examples, or just those two?
What happened to Liverpool's supreme fitness when Man City battered them 5-0 or when Watford beat them 3-0?
Quote from: The Edge on July 09, 2020, 11:08:42 AMWhat happened to Liverpool's supreme fitness when Man City battered them 5-0 or when Watford beat them 3-0? In the Man City case, I imagine it took a temporary break as they all went out and got plastered after winning the title. With Watford, they just had an extremely rare off day. As ever, I bet they were quite glad they had us after City. Nothing like playing Aston Villa when you need to get back on track. We're the football equivalent of a fry up when you've got a hangover.