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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2019 15:58:06 GMT
In the cold light of day if the oppo are getting a shot away every 3 mins we didn’t do badly to come out with that scoreline !
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Apr 10, 2019 16:31:55 GMT
It would take us 12 games to have that many shots
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Post by heworksardtho on Apr 10, 2019 18:13:33 GMT
Have you looked at Derby's stats against Blackburn last night? 23 shots for Blackburn and 6 for Derby who had 11 men and were playing for a playoff place. I think having two away matches in a week especially if they involve long journeys as was the case for Stoke and Derby takes a lot out of players. Did they go on push bikes to Swansea then 😎
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Post by nottsover60 on Apr 10, 2019 23:05:42 GMT
May be only 90 minutes but what time do you think they left the ground? Then they had the journey home from Stoke. Swansea players would have been at home relaxing before Stoke were back in Stoke. Luxurious travel is better but still not restful. Derby's travel was less than Stoke's so how do you explain there lack of performance last night? Quality sleep is not possible in hotel beds either which Stoke had to do twice in less than a week. Yes I know as football players they are used to it but the one thing I look forward to at the end of a holiday is my own bed. It seems totally unfair to have teams playing away on Saturday and Tuesday against teams that have been at home for both matches. What happened to alternate home away matches. They seem very rare these days. At least midweek matches travelling should be kept to a minimum for the fans as well as teams. Stoke had to spend the night in a hotel ahead of the Blackburn game? Possible, but completely unnecessary. Do you know that for a fact? Quality sleep not possible in a hotel bed? That's an opinion, certainly not a fact. The Derby result is irrelevant. It could be down to countless factors. We will never know. But it certainly doesn't support your more general argument. You might as well cite Liverpool at Southampton the other day as evidence that travel and hotel accommodation is excellent preparation for an away match. The travel is a complete red herring. And an embarrassing one at that. Yes it is fact that league rules state that all players in the squad for a match have to be within 30 miles of the away ground the previous night. Rory Delap had to leave a function we were at early recently because of this rule. Generally this and travel are not excuses but on a Tuesday evening it drastically cuts down the time available for training as Sunday is a non physical day after a match for recovery and then on Monday you've got to travel. Having 2/3 players injured on Saturday meant Jones had no real time to talk about how we would adapt and I think at the moment this squad need that coaching because they have proved that left to their own devices they are rubbish. Hughes gave them this freedom and found out that they couldn't cope.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Apr 11, 2019 14:31:33 GMT
Stoke had to spend the night in a hotel ahead of the Blackburn game? Possible, but completely unnecessary. Do you know that for a fact? Quality sleep not possible in a hotel bed? That's an opinion, certainly not a fact. The Derby result is irrelevant. It could be down to countless factors. We will never know. But it certainly doesn't support your more general argument. You might as well cite Liverpool at Southampton the other day as evidence that travel and hotel accommodation is excellent preparation for an away match. The travel is a complete red herring. And an embarrassing one at that. Yes it is fact that league rules state that all players in the squad for a match have to be within 30 miles of the away ground the previous night. Rory Delap had to leave a function we were at early recently because of this rule. Generally this and travel are not excuses but on a Tuesday evening it drastically cuts down the time available for training as Sunday is a non physical day after a match for recovery and then on Monday you've got to travel. Having 2/3 players injured on Saturday meant Jones had no real time to talk about how we would adapt and I think at the moment this squad need that coaching because they have proved that left to their own devices they are rubbish. Hughes gave them this freedom and found out that they couldn't cope. Well you certainly know the League rules better than me. I would love to see that rule. What this would mean in effect is that if the team stayed at the Plough * ahead of Derby away they would probably fall foul of League rules. Blythe Bridge might (just) be OK. Makes perfect sense. You're sure Rory wasn't just trying to excuse himself from a dreary function....? ( * The League sanction for staying the night at the Plough? Two nights at the Plough. Baddum crash).
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Post by blackpoolred on Apr 12, 2019 21:31:55 GMT
Blackburn away, is only 90 minutes up the road. Swansea, yes that is 3 1/2 hours. The coaches they travel in are luxurious, so the travelling is not an excuse I'm afraid. May be only 90 minutes but what time do you think they left the ground? Then they had the journey home from Stoke. Swansea players would have been at home relaxing before Stoke were back in Stoke. Luxurious travel is better but still not restful. Derby's travel was less than Stoke's so how do you explain there lack of performance last night? Quality sleep is not possible in hotel beds either which Stoke had to do twice in less than a week. Yes I know as football players they are used to it but the one thing I look forward to at the end of a holiday is my own bed. It seems totally unfair to have teams playing away on Saturday and Tuesday against teams that have been at home for both matches. What happened to alternate home away matches. They seem very rare these days. At least midweek matches travelling should be kept to a minimum for the fans as well as teams. In order to win Wimbledon a tennis player will have to win/play 7 matches in 12 to 13 days - each match lasting between 3-5 hours - while not being able to switch off for a minute - all while sleeping in a bed that is not there own for a whole fortnight. If a fit young lad can't kick a bag of wind around twice a week for 90mins without making an excuse that he is fatigued then he needs to hang his sorry fecking snowflake head in shame.
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