Guest Phil K Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Can't fathom out why Newcastle seemed to be huffing and puffing and seem to be knackered after 70 mins or so I recall Clough I think it was, saying over-training does more damage to fitness than NO training. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Yet under Big Sam our players seemed absolutely knackered despite him being an apparent wonder with regards to modern training methods. I think Keegan said he couldn't believe how unfit the team were. JFK then thought things were shambolic under Keegan before he took over training. Then again I suppose in the situation we are in players will seem more heavy legged, whereas if we'd have scored you'd have noticed an extra spring in their step. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Looked like they just ran out of ideas last night as much as anything to me. Right about when Viduka went off, actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I think they pushed too hard in the first half, and it showed in the last 20 minutes. I just had that feeling that they wouldn't be able to keep up the pace (note how quickly we closed down _everything_ at the start) for very long at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Don't worry about it, we have had this problem since Dalglish came here. We have been consistanly top of the "crocked" league for well over a decade. Its nowt new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 God forbid whats going to happen to us against Liverpool It was men against boys up here, I shudder to think how much damage is going to be done to our goal difference down there. Some players would respond to that with "I'll show THEM" but our lot seem to just fill with self-pity instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 yup i can only really see guthrie being up for it sadly. maybe butt/smith too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Most of the players last night have only recently come back from injury and not many have had a full 90 minutes so it was inevitable after all the effort in the first half, that they would run out of steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Most of the players last night have only recently come back from injury and not many have had a full 90 minutes so it was inevitable after all the effort in the first half, that they would run out of steam. That's certainly true for Martins and Guthrie, it's pretty much par for the course with Viduka. Then throw in the fact that we also have players who are past their sell by date in Owen and Butt and it's not surprising we run out of steam. There are only a handful of real athletes in the team, the rest are Championship standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I remember Glenn Roeder saying how appalled he was at the level of fitness the lads had when he took over from Souness.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Old age? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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