Elneny was great last night. He's only real weakness is probably his physicality, which

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03-17-2016, 08:42 AM
Billy Goat Sverige

Elneny was great last night. He's only real weakness is probably his physicality, which

wasn't really showed up much last night but you see it sometimes when he has played in the league/cup. Reads the game well, good tackler, always looks to play it forward and never holds onto the ball for too long (cough, Ramsey), accurate passing, good engine. He's got the lot, Clive.
03-17-2016, 08:45 AM
71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat

he'll pobably make a couple more appearances from the bench this season.
03-17-2016, 08:48 AM
Brentwood

Likes a long range shot as well. Only a matter of time before he's out for the season injured

On that note, Barcelona1s front free seem to be available almost every game. Why don't they ever get long term injuries like our players do?
03-17-2016, 09:04 AM
Sir Charlie of Nicholas

Even MacManaman had to ackowledge the drug cheats' medical prowess.

"It's amazing how these players never seem to pick up injuries. They just keep playing. Remarkable."

He might as well have just screamed, "Steriods!" into the mic.
03-17-2016, 09:06 AM
Brentwood

I don't know much about the subject, but can doping reduce injuries? I assumed the opposite

Look how few games Messi's missed (45) since 07/08 compared to Theo for example (109)

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lionel-messi/verletzungen/spi eler/28003

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/theo-walcott/verletzungen/spi eler/33713
03-17-2016, 09:09 AM
Sir Charlie of Nicholas

I don't know the details. But they definitely cheat.
03-17-2016, 09:19 AM
Brentwood

Bayern's players were buzzing about like blue arsed flies until the 120th minute

Spurs players are noticeably fitter since Pochetino joined as well. I'm with you

Good on Wenger for not succumbing to the temptation. 10 more years please Arsene :bow:
03-17-2016, 09:25 AM
7evens

Maybe they avoid practises like, full impact training ?

It is quite alarming how many of our players break down in training or sustain muscle niggles during a game.
We've been reduced to subbing the subs this season, which is a new development.
03-17-2016, 09:29 AM
Brentwood

There could be something in that. After all, you could just let Messi play table tennis

while Neymar and Suarez sit in the sauna and it wouldn't make much difference. Even their own manager says, "I tell them abracadabra and the magic sparks"
03-17-2016, 09:46 AM
Classic Jorge

That does male old Lewis Henry sound a bit, well....

http://www.bachelorvegas.com/shows/i...-las-vegas.jpg
03-17-2016, 10:34 AM
redgunamo

Not really. Then they'd just get their injuries in matches instead.
03-17-2016, 10:45 AM
redgunamo

You're something of a health fanatic yourself, aren't you.

Is it not possible to simply condition one's self to be fitter, faster, to run more and so on?
03-17-2016, 10:47 AM
Jake

Agreed. It does beg the question of why the f**k he was being left out apart from the wee bebeh.
03-17-2016, 10:48 AM
Sir Charlie of Nicholas

Certainly. It is simply a matter of degree.

Generally, teams of professional sportsmen are going to have achieved a roughly comparable degree of fitness, aren't they? When Bayern or Barca come along and display a shockingly higher fitness level, one must seriously question how they have achieved this.
03-17-2016, 11:01 AM
redgunamo

Yes, you'd think so, wouldn't you. But back in 2000, when the

UK quarantine restrictions were relaxed, European-raised hounds completely wiped the floor with their British counterparts. In UK competitions! Indeed, a couple of mine even won two of the last ever Cleve Cups (before hunting restrictions also came into force).

I've always felt the same developments could apply to the footie too.
03-17-2016, 11:09 AM
Luis Anaconda

Because he needed time to acclimatise and adjust to new team-mates

allowing him to hit the ground running as he has done? Just a thought