How much do our players do away from training?

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Originally Posted by Dembe

might even be 53? and no.

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53 on the roster, and 46 dressed for action each game.

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

53 on the roster, and 46 dressed for action each game.

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**** knows Ive watched a handful of games last year and 8 episodes of a tv series

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

What benefit is there to doing it off their own backs? The last thing you want is a player doing their own thing.

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And this is why modern football is so tedious.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

And this is why modern football is so tedious.

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Our lot must be happy with how things are going for them.

It baffles me how they just seem to accept the situation. Surely at that level you'd do more/try different things to gain an advantage?

Yes they have coaches and people around them, but surely at that level you'd want to do more to try and be that little bit better?

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Originally Posted by Dembe

Our lot must be happy with how things are going for them.

It baffles me how they just seem to accept the situation. Surely at that level you'd do more/try different things to gain an advantage?

Yes they have coaches and people around them, but surely at that level you'd want to do more to try and be that little bit better?

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Depends how you look at it. I think they'll all doing as they're told, and Bulut won't accept individuality to an extent unless it's deep in the opponent's half. Footballers are having individuality coached out of them, too. Look at players like Foden.

Footballers will work on their game outside of training though, loads get extra coaching for example.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Depends how you look at it. I think they'll all doing as they're told, and Bulut won't accept individuality to an extent unless it's deep in the opponent's half. Footballers are having individuality coached out of them, too. Look at players like Foden.

Footballers will work on their game outside of training though, loads get extra coaching for example.

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Sorry, I meant as in researching the opposition. Centre backs knowing a strikers runs, left back knowing if the winger cuts inside/has a weak front etc. I'm sure they watch bits of film as a group on the upcoming opponent but I really wonder how in depth they go and I think it could make a difference.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

And this is why modern football is so tedious.

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You can blame Pep for that :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by Dembe

Sorry, I meant as in researching the opposition. Centre backs knowing a strikers runs, left back knowing if the winger cuts inside/has a weak front etc. I'm sure they watch bits of film as a group on the upcoming opponent but I really wonder how in depth they go and I think it could make a difference.

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The analytics department take care of that and they prepare individual packs for each player. Sports science is huge these days when it comes to gaining a competitive edge.

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

You can blame Pep for that :biggrin:

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You can blame other coaches trying to copy Pep and getting nowhere near it. His side are banging in over a hundred goals a season, not to be sniffed at as scoring goals is the whole point of the game.

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Originally Posted by Dembe

Sorry, I meant as in researching the opposition. Centre backs knowing a strikers runs, left back knowing if the winger cuts inside/has a weak front etc. I'm sure they watch bits of film as a group on the upcoming opponent but I really wonder how in depth they go and I think it could make a difference.

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I'm sure most goalkeepers do that, but I doubt many of the others do much individual research on the opposition.

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Originally Posted by jon1959

I'm sure most goalkeepers do that, but I doubt many of the others do much individual research on the opposition.

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Seems a waste

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Did they explain why they have so many players kitted up for a game. I think it's 46?

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The permitted roster for an NFL team is 65, whether they all take the pitch is not clear. NFL has systematically degraded itself into a sport which has become so departmentalised and functionalised that it can now only be professionally played and can only operate successfully as long as the college system exists. The interminable delays between plays mainly due to TV ads make watching a whole game invariably an exercise in tedium. The highlights show is the only way to watch it. The new game of Flag Football is slightly more watchable.
US baseball takes the accolade as the world’s most boring game. Paddy Hennessy would be turing in his grave!!

Man who works on railway questions wether people who are qualified football analysts know what they are doing.

Put the rod away Dembeth ffs :hehe:

PS Great series and that Amon-Ra kid what a competitor. Wow.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Man who works on railway questions wether people who are qualified football analysts know what they are doing.

Put the rod away Dembeth ffs :hehe:

PS Great series and that Amon-Ra kid what a competitor. Wow.

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Was just curious if anything can be take from it, other sports included.

I watched the QB show as well watched the last one last night, didn't realise how tough them ****ers are. Got to be a mental **** to play QB imo.

That Amon-Ra is going to be some player same for JJ.