Huddersfield Town AFC and elite football athletes (or atheletes) is an oxymoron. We should be fit enough to play the way we want for 90 minutes.Fit is a relative concept. They are, of course fitter than you or..... Well maybe not me, but you get my point. They are compared with other elite football atheletes and that is where the bar is.
I’m fitness mad , i train 3hrs a day , 6 days a week , cardio vascular and body building ( lucky enough to have a home Olympic gym ) , just thought if you were paid to be fit then you would be fit .Fit is a relative concept. They are, of course fitter than you or..... Well maybe not me, but you get my point. They are compared with other elite football atheletes and that is where the bar is.
I’m fitness mad , i train 3hrs a day , 6 days a week , cardio vascular and body building ( lucky enough to have a home Olympic gym ) , just thought if you were paid to be fit then you would be fit .
Exactly this. An Olympic sprinter is, by anyone's standards, supremely fit, but ask them to run 10km and they would finish very likely last.If our players are being asked to play in a high tempo style they have not been training for then they will be unfit until they condition themselves accordingly.
I don't think its comparable. I dunno how many miles does a footballer run in a gameI’m fitness mad , i train 3hrs a day , 6 days a week , cardio vascular and body building ( lucky enough to have a home Olympic gym ) , just thought if you were paid to be fit then you would be fit .
Fitness is all relative. I mean a you'd think a champo or prem footballer is very fit? Yet they wouldn't pass a Para or Royal marine new entry because its a different 'fitness'. Stick an 18 year old final week para or marine against Salah and see who's 'fitter'.
I'm confident the young lad could do Salahs none football training yet Salah wouldn't last a day in P company.
My point is that being 'fit' relative. Who's fit? A guy who trains 7 days a week or a Para / Footballer / 100m runner or marathon runner?Thats a daft example as well though, someone like Salah would have the physical potential to pass basic special forces training. Would he have the mental toughness? I don't know but the majority of professional athletes are mentally tough and they are absolute physical specimens.
I know lads who've been in the para's and marines and they are super fit but you are comparing them with the best footballers in the world. We are talking the absolute elite of professional sport. Maybe if Salah had to undertake special forces training tomorrow he might not pass but I'm sure a para couldn't play in Liverpools midfield either
And its not just that. It's also the short high intensive movements which again requires specific trainingI don't think its comparable. I dunno how many miles does a footballer run in a game