Would it be relevant to talk about the types of injuries and the career-stage the injured player is at?
Leoni's injury may be related to age and how much he played before coming to us. Its a lot of games missed and added to our data, but probably nothing to do with his Liverpool training.
Isak's broken leg was a contact injury. They cant really be accounted for by training or tactical factors.
Frimpong joined us after 2 years running that wing at pace. Does that fatigue not catch up with pace players?
other than an attempt to obfusfscate the club from something i didnt accuse them of, im not sure what else you could be saying here mate. Outside of Frimpong, which is quite a reach and would just move responsibility to the procurement team. Im not sure i could explain my thinking more than i have in 3 seperate substacks on this. Leoni was bad luck but was already in all likelihood undercooked. Isak was bad luck while also being VERY undercooked.
I read the article as making a case that easing the training schedule to protect availability is potentially increasing injuries for some players.
That's a simplisitc explanation for a very technical (and technically worded) report, but is the essence of what I took from it.
I was just speculating that maybe other factors are also involved. I have no expertise in the area so would obviously defer to people who know more about it.
This is the first article I have read of yours, so I wasnt aware of other articles on the topic.
As always, fantastic article about something that not many talk about. Do you have any knowledge on where Alonso stands on this spectrum? Considering he’s the fan favourite of Slot was to be replaced and he also managed Wirtz and Frimpong.
Is there a correlation between the way Slott’s managing injury risk and the bbc article of “why are Liverpool so boring ?”
Thinking about your Klopp injury comparison - the reduction in pressing, blitzkrieg attacks meaning less rapid high muscle-stressing sprints leading to fewer associated injuries. Also has the side effect of leading to less adrenalin fuelled games of course - hence the bbc article.
Wondering if the ambition of Arne’s current approach to managing injury-load leading to boring?
I’m also wondering why it seems to be a right sided issue and not left - role has an impact of course as you say, but suggests historical injury profiles trumps the stresses of wingback responsibilities. True?
Top work Simon, can’t remember the last time I’ve enjoyed an S&C read as much as this.
Thanks dude, that’s very kind
Great read, Si.
thanks dude
Would it be relevant to talk about the types of injuries and the career-stage the injured player is at?
Leoni's injury may be related to age and how much he played before coming to us. Its a lot of games missed and added to our data, but probably nothing to do with his Liverpool training.
Isak's broken leg was a contact injury. They cant really be accounted for by training or tactical factors.
Frimpong joined us after 2 years running that wing at pace. Does that fatigue not catch up with pace players?
other than an attempt to obfusfscate the club from something i didnt accuse them of, im not sure what else you could be saying here mate. Outside of Frimpong, which is quite a reach and would just move responsibility to the procurement team. Im not sure i could explain my thinking more than i have in 3 seperate substacks on this. Leoni was bad luck but was already in all likelihood undercooked. Isak was bad luck while also being VERY undercooked.
Maybe I have misunderstood.
I read the article as making a case that easing the training schedule to protect availability is potentially increasing injuries for some players.
That's a simplisitc explanation for a very technical (and technically worded) report, but is the essence of what I took from it.
I was just speculating that maybe other factors are also involved. I have no expertise in the area so would obviously defer to people who know more about it.
This is the first article I have read of yours, so I wasnt aware of other articles on the topic.
As always, fantastic article about something that not many talk about. Do you have any knowledge on where Alonso stands on this spectrum? Considering he’s the fan favourite of Slot was to be replaced and he also managed Wirtz and Frimpong.
Great read simon.
Is there a correlation between the way Slott’s managing injury risk and the bbc article of “why are Liverpool so boring ?”
Thinking about your Klopp injury comparison - the reduction in pressing, blitzkrieg attacks meaning less rapid high muscle-stressing sprints leading to fewer associated injuries. Also has the side effect of leading to less adrenalin fuelled games of course - hence the bbc article.
Wondering if the ambition of Arne’s current approach to managing injury-load leading to boring?
I’m also wondering why it seems to be a right sided issue and not left - role has an impact of course as you say, but suggests historical injury profiles trumps the stresses of wingback responsibilities. True?
Of course, it doesn’t need to - but…