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Interesting bit in Pochs pre match interview today on individual training plans and particularly how they focussed on maintaining Ryan Mason's fitness this season.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/16/tottenham-mauricio-pochettino-squad-rotation
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/16/tottenham-mauricio-pochettino-squad-rotation
I agree there are too many games in a season, when you factor in internationals too.
One a week is plenty, leagues and cup competitions should be configured accordingly.
One a week is plenty, leagues and cup competitions should be configured accordingly.
I'm getting fully irritated by the raft of injuries we have. I know that in past seasons people have claimed that we're particularly unlucky in terms of injuries (which I demonstrated was not statistically the case over the course of multiple seasons), but this is really starting to become a joke.
So the question is, might luck not be the culprit? We have a brand new training ground, so you'd think our team would benefit from the finest in sports medicine and the rest. Yet here we are, with everyone seemingly carrying a knock, and none of them (afiact) being some sort of freak accident.
I think I read somewhere that TS claimed that AVB overworked the players, which might lead to their breaking down, but AVB also rotated a ton to try and keep players fresh. In fact, it's the players who have been rotated who have been hurt… on again, off again, on again… (Sandro, Lamela, Eriksen, Kaboul, Chadli, just to start) Our most consistent players—Walker, Lloris—in terms of "first on the team sheet" have also shown the most durability. Or is this a chicken-egg thing?
In the baseball world, there are injury anoraks who have managed to accumulate damning evidence that certain clubs just have terrible physios. That their players get hurt more often and stay hurt longer than makes sense within simple random variance. I think they've shown the same in the NFL, but I could be wrong. Maybe Levy put all our money into fancy equipment and not enough into fitness trainers, nutritionists, stretching specialists, yoga pants… ?
On the one hand, it's not the case that Spurs typically have more injuries than normal (either in terms of matches missed by the squad or number of players hurt). Yet I can't help but wonder wtf when I consider our fancy training ground.
So the question is, might luck not be the culprit? We have a brand new training ground, so you'd think our team would benefit from the finest in sports medicine and the rest. Yet here we are, with everyone seemingly carrying a knock, and none of them (afiact) being some sort of freak accident.
I think I read somewhere that TS claimed that AVB overworked the players, which might lead to their breaking down, but AVB also rotated a ton to try and keep players fresh. In fact, it's the players who have been rotated who have been hurt… on again, off again, on again… (Sandro, Lamela, Eriksen, Kaboul, Chadli, just to start) Our most consistent players—Walker, Lloris—in terms of "first on the team sheet" have also shown the most durability. Or is this a chicken-egg thing?
In the baseball world, there are injury anoraks who have managed to accumulate damning evidence that certain clubs just have terrible physios. That their players get hurt more often and stay hurt longer than makes sense within simple random variance. I think they've shown the same in the NFL, but I could be wrong. Maybe Levy put all our money into fancy equipment and not enough into fitness trainers, nutritionists, stretching specialists, yoga pants… ?
On the one hand, it's not the case that Spurs typically have more injuries than normal (either in terms of matches missed by the squad or number of players hurt). Yet I can't help but wonder wtf when I consider our fancy training ground.
I think its important to note that the year Ledley King retired we go from top, to mid table.
And then in a season that was an absolute cluster fuck, in which regimes would have been changing (for example, one of our new players would have had at least 3 different training regimes that season) we jump back up again. If we can have some consistency for the next couple of years and don't sign anyone with dodgy knees, we should drop right down.
Two very easy ways to address this is an 18 team first division and to get rid of the League cup, or better yet, make it for Football League teams only (not PL). That's a minimum of 5 less games a year and would allow a longer summer break as well as a proper winter break right after the New Year.
Divisions 2-4 should also only have 22 teams each.
We are very grateful for our league cups otherwise our trophy haul would look a lot worse. We have rightly scrapped the two legged stuff and the 3rd replay madness but to just get rid of the whole thing is wrong. A lot of lower league sides depend on the competition for revenue and hope to draw a big side. Some memories of the competition seeing as we are here....
First Wembley visit for me in 1971 when big Chiv destroyed Aston Villa late on. We were missing Mike England that day but Peter Collins was a more than able deputy. I was only young but our fans were deafening in our end and we easily had the majority of the 100,000 in attendance.
1972 saw us beaten on aggregate in the semis by some tiny club in Fulham who went on to lose to Stoke! Still remains the Potters only major trophy. 1973 is held up as the worst final but for me seeing us lift our 3rd trophy in 3 years was fantastic but always felt sorry for John Pratt who went off injured that day. The three replays against Middlesborough in the early rounds were a chore. A 0-0 midweek after extra time game being one of the lowlights and I remember leaving White Hart Lane that night with a feeling of dread that we had play them again! The Wolves semi final was played on a Saturday at WHL which was strange (someone can enlighten me I am sure). The 1982 final v Liverpool was one of the worst feelings ever. We should have beaten the fuckers and were leading til very late on, we hit the bastard post too which would have sealed it. I have despised Ronnie Whelan ever since. I would not have liked to have been a scouser outside the ground that day as our fans went mental after what was our first Wembley defeat.
The 1999 win ended a long trophy drought (sounds familiar) and I saw the great Billy Nick on Wembley way after the game and he stopped for a chat despite hundreds of pissed up Tottenham fans mobbing him!
Savage got punched whilst collecting his losers medal and Cottee was on the pitch sobbing as his last ever chance of a trophy was gone. Superb. Onto 2008...what can you say, one of the best feelings at a final whistle ever when we beat those vermin. Wouldn't have bet that it remains our last trophy some 12 years on.....
First Wembley visit for me in 1971 when big Chiv destroyed Aston Villa late on. We were missing Mike England that day but Peter Collins was a more than able deputy. I was only young but our fans were deafening in our end and we easily had the majority of the 100,000 in attendance.
1972 saw us beaten on aggregate in the semis by some tiny club in Fulham who went on to lose to Stoke! Still remains the Potters only major trophy. 1973 is held up as the worst final but for me seeing us lift our 3rd trophy in 3 years was fantastic but always felt sorry for John Pratt who went off injured that day. The three replays against Middlesborough in the early rounds were a chore. A 0-0 midweek after extra time game being one of the lowlights and I remember leaving White Hart Lane that night with a feeling of dread that we had play them again! The Wolves semi final was played on a Saturday at WHL which was strange (someone can enlighten me I am sure). The 1982 final v Liverpool was one of the worst feelings ever. We should have beaten the fuckers and were leading til very late on, we hit the bastard post too which would have sealed it. I have despised Ronnie Whelan ever since. I would not have liked to have been a scouser outside the ground that day as our fans went mental after what was our first Wembley defeat.
The 1999 win ended a long trophy drought (sounds familiar) and I saw the great Billy Nick on Wembley way after the game and he stopped for a chat despite hundreds of pissed up Tottenham fans mobbing him!
Savage got punched whilst collecting his losers medal and Cottee was on the pitch sobbing as his last ever chance of a trophy was gone. Superb. Onto 2008...what can you say, one of the best feelings at a final whistle ever when we beat those vermin. Wouldn't have bet that it remains our last trophy some 12 years on.....
Yes somthing is just not right at the club to have all those players out at one time and it is like they are out for ages.I remember a time in the late 90s when it was like this
We shouldn't use it as an excuse. Especially with what Liverpool for example have accomplished with their injuries and even those tossers up the road. Leave the injury excuse for the small teams, like West Ham.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...lwich-slump-bottom-of-201314-injury-list.html
Confirms that we have had big problems with injuries over the last few seasons compared to the other PL teams. Seems Woolwich are in the same situation and Wenger wants some changes. Of course the reasons can be many, but the issue is very much real.
Confirms that we have had big problems with injuries over the last few seasons compared to the other PL teams. Seems Woolwich are in the same situation and Wenger wants some changes. Of course the reasons can be many, but the issue is very much real.
But surely they would WANT to be injured all the time with her as Physio?!Chelsea 2nd lowest
Instead of Pochettino or De Boer - perhaps we need the Midas touch?
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aulinholol:
I'm an atheist, so I'm just playing with the material I can find...
Think we actually have the best squad we've had in years to cope (left back aside) however what's been our undoing has been the injuries have seemed to be concentrated in certain positions so we have a situation with loads of options in one area but no-one in another.
I believe they refer to it as 'sods law'
I believe they refer to it as 'sods law'