Right, this is pissing me off now.
We were strolling last night, despite not playing that well, thanks to Suarez.
Yet, come 60/70 minutes those players were blowing. I expect it from Gerrard, he's the elder statesman. I kinda give Lucas a bit of leeway as that injury was serious enough to warrant a longer recovery time.
However everyone is fucked, blowing out of their arseholes visibly on the pitch, from 60 minutes in, bar Henderson, who must sleep whilst doing a few miles know the treadmill.
I want to believe that this is the same tactic used by Rafa (if I remember correctly) in his first or second season, where all the players looked fucked early in every game before Christmas, & it came out he'd done an extreme training regime aimed at improving fitness levels massively that paid dividends in that our players all looked stronger over the full 90 in the second half of the season.
It would make sense, in that noises coming out of the training ground when Kenny was here was all about how enjoyable training was, which I doubt players would say if he was having them slog it out every day, & we do have a very expensive training team, doctors & we know Rodgers uses prozone which highlights energy used & running in sectors of the match in a time line, so you'd assume it cannot be unnoticed.
Is that wishful thinking though?
If it is, & we look this fucked now, we're not gonna come anywhere near the top four. A cup competition added to the mix & a harder run of fixtures will see to that.
Does anyone have any information about fitness levels in Rodgers sides in the past?
Does he have history of issues?
What do you think, is this harder training now having an impact that will pay dividends later in the season, or is it a result of a huge training gap in Rodgers resume?
We were strolling last night, despite not playing that well, thanks to Suarez.
Yet, come 60/70 minutes those players were blowing. I expect it from Gerrard, he's the elder statesman. I kinda give Lucas a bit of leeway as that injury was serious enough to warrant a longer recovery time.
However everyone is fucked, blowing out of their arseholes visibly on the pitch, from 60 minutes in, bar Henderson, who must sleep whilst doing a few miles know the treadmill.
I want to believe that this is the same tactic used by Rafa (if I remember correctly) in his first or second season, where all the players looked fucked early in every game before Christmas, & it came out he'd done an extreme training regime aimed at improving fitness levels massively that paid dividends in that our players all looked stronger over the full 90 in the second half of the season.
It would make sense, in that noises coming out of the training ground when Kenny was here was all about how enjoyable training was, which I doubt players would say if he was having them slog it out every day, & we do have a very expensive training team, doctors & we know Rodgers uses prozone which highlights energy used & running in sectors of the match in a time line, so you'd assume it cannot be unnoticed.
Is that wishful thinking though?
If it is, & we look this fucked now, we're not gonna come anywhere near the top four. A cup competition added to the mix & a harder run of fixtures will see to that.
Does anyone have any information about fitness levels in Rodgers sides in the past?
Does he have history of issues?
What do you think, is this harder training now having an impact that will pay dividends later in the season, or is it a result of a huge training gap in Rodgers resume?
