Craig Bird was averaging about the same amount of minutes as Hannebery.
Craig Bird was averaging about the same amount of minutes as Hannebery.
This kind of requirement is surely only for youngsters. Why would you play a fully fit player who can't get a kick on saturday but stars at training?(The Cheese?) Wouldn't a ball magnet on saturday be preferable who maybe runs out of puff a few times but thats why we have the interchange. ( Was MOL ever technically fit?)There is a real difference between match fitness and fitness in general.You cannot simulate everything at training, the hard knocks,the pain, the stress and the expectations that occurr during a match.Some thrive in this situation some don't and go missing.Guts and determination are character traits not trainable fitness traits. Some players hate training and get fit by playing.
To me,a player like Vez needs lots of game time to get fit coz he loves playing. Thats the way he will build it up. He doesn't quite fit the normal mode hence comparisons to the legendary Nick Davis..hope he turns out 1/2 as good.
Last edited by stellation; 13th July 2010 at 01:18 PM.
I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time
I should say that I'm certainly not trying to make this a Bird vs. Vez argument, just that the club has recent form in getting youngsters who are yet to build up their aerobic capacity a run in the seniors.
I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time
MOL was always great player, right from the get go (as they say). It was not a team of great depth in 1996. Mick always had motor, it was his knees in to noughties that mucked things up a bit.
Vez has the chance to be a very good player, but I applaud the heads that say to hold him back for a bit to develop a bit of motor. He could get out there and see everyone else doing what he cannot do, yet. That is discouraging to say the least and would play with the kids head. We just don't know the physchological profile in place, and I have far more trust in the coaches to know what he is like between the ears than any of us. Leave him be, get him right, it sure as hell didn't do ROK any harm! His best footy came after he turned 24!
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It often commented that there is no substitute for match fitness. But then again this is most commonly linked to established players coming back from injury.
We will see him again soon enough, in the mean time we will have to look forward to Kirky's goal celebrations instead.
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