yes i have
The issue with a lot of players is that lack of real brak to recharge batteries , sportsmen cant just keep going and going - even Kuyt needed a break after the season to recharge , the body isnt a machine that just keeps going and going - it will break own soon enough. When it breaks down will obviously be different for people but thats why the clubs employ highly qualified fitness and nutrition coaches.
Mate players get a break post season. Don't know how long...Guesting a month, But if some one can help me out with that...
The early part of Per -season is a little work out really, so it equates to two months or so a years. Or every other year given the Euro/World Cup, and less now with all the other Tournaments FIFA are arranging...
But Remember Klopp had to tell Firmino etc to take a break after the WC, they wanted to come straight back
Bobby didnt really play much during the World Cup and then went on a little break , it was disappointing for him as well as the CL so he may well also be mentally tired but he is getting sharper. A lot of the England/French/belguim players came back on a high so they are currently riding that crest of a wave of emotions whilst there match sharpness and fitness wont be at their peak but there will come a stage during the season where they will run out of energy and coast to the end on empty - most of them havent had a real decent break and some not for a good couple of years.
Ok I'll give you that point, there is the mentally fatigue side to it
We have seen it plenty of times where teams have dropped off after Jan/feb - when you look at those teams its more than likely because they have a strong 11 that they have played every week so those players start to suffer. We had it last year when we started to suffer fatigue because we had no real cover on the bench so the same players were playing in the CL and then in the Prem. It takes a hell of a squad to challenge on two big fronts - its looking like we have a squad along with City that can challenge.
That I believe has more to do with...
a) many more matches over a short a period (every three days or so)
b) The weathers effect on the body (The cold and damp)
c) Winter aliments and the bodies immunity to them
d) how all of the above effects the bodies regenerate
Yes during the December/January period a large squad would help, but that is then... Henderson should be weeks a head in fitness and mentally fitness than those Liverpool players who did not play in the World Cup
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