Match fitness - 17 days without playing a game

[JobForTheMoyes]

Raffa: "Rondon has been training hard and is ready to go...."

 

[T LEAFE]

21 days undefeated

 

[PITA]

Indeed, if Benitez and the club has any sense they're doing intensive tactical work and drills with the squad, identifying and addressing weaknesses.

That might be a problem.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Players get fit by training
they get match fit/sharp by playing games
Any decent coach is able to tailor sessions to include more actual game play.
Any decent club should be able to run an 11v11 game in-house.

 

[riddick]

I’d imagine there’s a fitness level that can only be achieved by actually playing head to head 90 minute matches. A few jogs around the training pitch and 5 a side behind closed doors for the last 3 weeks will have this team gassed 20 minutes into the Brighton match.

So, 5 minutes earlier than they usually are gassed. Got it.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

I can’t even imagine the injury Gbamin has picked up doing absolutely nothing over Christmas..

Sure it’s a belter..

He pulled a cracker was what I heard.

 

[deipnosophist]

Only via this forum do I nowadays follow Everton, so the lack of any matches hasn't impacted me one iota. The season is a bit of a bolloxed one, but the 'Fit Birds' thread is still in full swing...and to me that is waaaay more important.

 

[Littlesue]

Is Digne even training with the team now?, every day for a week he posting family pics on outings, they all at the farm today ?

 

[TimHowardsBeardJuice]

identifying and addressing weaknesses.

www.evertonfc.com

 

[Joey66]

The young lads who did well at Chelsea will be left out ......

 

[Tipp blue]

I can’t even imagine the injury Gbamin has picked up doing absolutely nothing over Christmas..

Sure it’s a belter..

He was sitting at the table getting ready to carve the Turkey and he fell down the stairs.

 

[Tipp blue]

Benitez has had them on a doner kebab diet. He swears by it

He's been giving them gravy, milked directly from Allardyce's tits.

 

[royalblue66]

Could get used to unbeaten lark. ?

 

[Tipp blue]

Players get fit by training
they get match fit/sharp by playing games
Any decent coach is able to tailor sessions to include more actual game play.
Any decent club should be able to run an 11v11 game in-house.

So what will we do?

 

[Librarian]

Can’t lose what you never had