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Post by knowingeye on Jan 21, 2018 18:27:09 GMT
Has to be vastly improved. Stoke City first team squad is simply not good enough for the highest level that the Premier League demands. Many have said that second half performances have not matched that of the earlier 45mins, i.e. at the recent Old Trafford game when it was one of the best first half games from a Stoke City perspective. I'm not suggesting the Mike Pejic pre-season puking up runs, but some of the players need to be the athletes they're paid to be.
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Post by tcdobinghoff on Jan 21, 2018 18:31:02 GMT
I think we will see an improvement in”fitness” if we go into the final 30minutes level or only one behind. It’s also a mental state.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 18:38:42 GMT
It was so obvious to the neutral fan Monday night when Bauer looked by far the fittest player in a stoke top and he hadn’t played since early December. Hughes has to take a huge blame but also players need to be ashamed of themselves. As a professional they should always be fit. It’s a bloody short career, they can let themselves go when they hit late 30s and drawn the millions in
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Post by Dingdangdoo on Jan 21, 2018 19:24:26 GMT
Bauer been in the gym today apparently
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Post by agingerstokie on Jan 21, 2018 19:29:30 GMT
To be fair, the job never ends for Jack Moritz Bauer so he has to be in top condition you never know what terrorist wingers are going to be fighting him next.
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Post by callas12 on Jan 21, 2018 19:37:59 GMT
Im astounded that any Premier League team/player is not roughly the same level of fitness as the next! Their paid enough & surely being extremely fit is the minimum requirement to perform in one of the best leagues in the world? Aside from tactical training which will clearly differ what else do players do other than exercise to extremely high standards?
The fact Stoke under Hughes & West Ham under Bilic appeared to be lagging behind the rest in the fitness stakes is very surprising & is likely to be no coincidence that these clubs were struggling under their previous coaching regimes?
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Post by crapslinger on Jan 21, 2018 19:44:28 GMT
It was so obvious to the neutral fan Monday night when Bauer looked by far the fittest player in a stoke top and he hadn’t played since early December. Hughes has to take a huge blame but also players need to be ashamed of themselves. As a professional they should always be fit. It’s a bloody short career, they can let themselves go when they hit late 30s and drawn the millions in The statement from Lambert regarding concerns about our overall squad fitness and one player in particular is a damning indictment of Hughes and the players themselves, as supporters we have been saying this all season why has no one at the club acted very worrying. |
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