| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem 16:56 - Apr 17 with 4702 views | whymark4lazio0 |
Cook has mentioned it. Gary Roberts has mentioned it. It's probably why we can only play well for half a match (apparently we were excellent for the first 20 minutes today). It's probably why we have had so many injuries. What I find difficult to understand is how everybody at the club (owner, directors, manager, coaches AND players) allowed lack of fitness to become a problem. Surely the ability to run hard for a whole match 2 or 3 times per week should be a fundamental, an absolute basic.
It does explain a lot, if a player feels he cannot last a whole match it will impact his confidence and lead him to hide and to take 'breathers'. A team of players that are at peak fitness and have a little talent will always be confident of giving any team a match.
Now that Cook and Roberts have identified fitness as an issue, I'm not sure what can be done this season but it does mean the whole squad should be on notice to keep themselves fit over the summer break and to expect the most demanding pre-season training they've ever experienced. |  |
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| [Redacted] on 09:46 - Apr 18 with 829 views | victorywilhappen |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 09:34 - Apr 18 by Radlett_blue |
Didn't we say the same thing when Paul Hurst came in? Better fitness, high press etc? |
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 09:47 - Apr 18 with 822 views | Pinewoodblue |
So called lack of fitness isn’t the root problem but one of the symptoms. The real problem is we have a squad of of players which, almost without exception, are individually and collectively locked into a comfort zone.
You can see it in the way they have resisted and easily fallback into a style of play PC doesn’t want them to play. Ditto in the inane comments senior players make when facing any media.
Hurst tried to knock them out of it but they rebelled against that. No way will they win any mental battle against PC. |  |
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 09:58 - Apr 18 with 796 views | jayessess |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 09:47 - Apr 18 by Pinewoodblue |
So called lack of fitness isn’t the root problem but one of the symptoms. The real problem is we have a squad of of players which, almost without exception, are individually and collectively locked into a comfort zone.
You can see it in the way they have resisted and easily fallback into a style of play PC doesn’t want them to play. Ditto in the inane comments senior players make when facing any media.
Hurst tried to knock them out of it but they rebelled against that. No way will they win any mental battle against PC. |
It's strange, I watch our team and all I see is fear, anxiety and a lack of composure. Players passing backwards and not showing for the ball because they don't want the responsibility, players snatching at their final ball, players misplacing 10-yard passes because they can't keep their concentration. Comfort? We could do with some. |  |
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 10:06 - Apr 18 with 780 views | bobbyramsey |
I think we'd struggle against many League Two teams at the minute, no fight, no desire, no energy. I could go on..... |  | | |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 10:10 - Apr 18 with 765 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 09:58 - Apr 18 by jayessess |
It's strange, I watch our team and all I see is fear, anxiety and a lack of composure. Players passing backwards and not showing for the ball because they don't want the responsibility, players snatching at their final ball, players misplacing 10-yard passes because they can't keep their concentration. Comfort? We could do with some. |
Perhaps I should have said “ a false comfort zone” They don’t take risks and stick to the perceived safe option.
Would love to see ITFC react as Oxford did last night. Went behind early, conceded a second in 72 minute you would think it was game over. Oxford scored in 74th and 84th minutes and added the match winner in injury time.
Twenty years since we had a team that could do that on a regular basis. | |
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 10:54 - Apr 18 with 735 views | Radlett_blue |
That worked well, didn't it? Apparently the players all had huge blisters after wearing army boots for a few days. |  |
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 15:22 - Apr 18 with 668 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 10:10 - Apr 18 by Pinewoodblue |
Perhaps I should have said “ a false comfort zone” They don’t take risks and stick to the perceived safe option.
Would love to see ITFC react as Oxford did last night. Went behind early, conceded a second in 72 minute you would think it was game over. Oxford scored in 74th and 84th minutes and added the match winner in injury time.
Twenty years since we had a team that could do that on a regular basis. |
There's absolutely no way our current team would come back from 2-0 down on 72 to grab even a draw, let alone win. |  |
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 16:30 - Apr 18 with 635 views | Ryorry |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 19:09 - Apr 17 by BlueForYou |
I've been questioning this for many years, but it's slowly got worse....... [Post edited 17 Apr 2021 21:37]
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Likewise, in fact probably hundreds on here have!
I hope our new owners take a leaf out of Ole's book -
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| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 19:19 - Apr 18 with 604 views | mr_bean |
| Lack of fitness is a big part of the problem on 17:06 - Apr 17 by gtsb1966 |
At 2am on a Sunday morning I would stagger out of the local nightclub ( yes you youngsters, clubs really did close then) and go and get the worst boiled burger you could have. Home and in bed by 3am ( unless I got lucky).... so home and in bed by 3am and up at 8.30am to play Sunday football. Smoked 20 fags that night and a couple before the game and at half time yet still played ok nearly every week. Of course it was a different standard but we're talking about different standards of footballers here too. The fitness thing at our club is a shocking revelation of how poorly this club has been run. [Post edited 17 Apr 2021 17:07]
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Yeah, but you were the goalie weren't you? | | | |
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