The pre-season training by BR over the last seasons is nothing but bull****, the first game of the season they appeared to have just got out of the bed from the 3 mths break, slow to everything on the pitch. Suddenly, comes Klopp and they find that they have to run many yards faster and cover more grounds, the pre-season honeymoon over the last few years is taking its toll.
Look carefully at the positioning of the players in every game, they are always 2 to 3 yards short of where they are supposed to be on the pitch, be it to put in a tackle, challenge for a 50-50 ball, close down the space or launch an attack. The sudden burst of speed or over stretching the leg is taking its toll.
The excuse that we play many games, sorry i don't buy this excuse.The teams of the all conquering years played as many games but we have no superstars back then. So, what contributed to the injuries, I'll simply put it down to 3 major reasons :-
1. We most probably had a wrong training program in pre-season under BR. Players only get into their stride after about 10 games and its evident. they were not conditioned to the early demands of the game.
2. Positioning of our players are out by that 2 to 3 yards, having to cover that additional distance within a short period of time over the entire game is asking too much of the body. This boils down to unintelligent positioning of the players or they are unable to read the game well, too lazy to get near to the opposition player or unable to position themselves well.
3. We bought soft players over the years, skills over brawn. We are seeing the effects of it now.
My thoughts.
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