News of Ex Players

[Bedfordblue]

Imagine the speed we would be breaking with if we still had Onana and Gordon

2023/24 rankings: Which players were the fastest?

See who was fastest at every Premier League club in our series analysing key player rankings

www.premierleague.com

Still think we’re missing the leg work of Doucs too.

2023/24 rankings: Which players covered the most distance in a match?

We analyse data from the season and see which players were most prolific in terms of distance ran in a single fixture

www.premierleague.com

 

[evertondotcom]

Who is the fastest Premier League player ever?

Someone like Walcott maybe? Aaron Lennon?

Please don’t respond with the suspect jarg Four Four Two stats that “Jagielka is offically the fastest player in the world after he ran 4 yards in 0.000383 seconds against Doncaster” tripe.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Who is the fastest Premier League player ever?

Someone like Walcott maybe? Aaron Lennon?

Please don’t respond with the suspect jarg Four Four Two stats that “Jagielka is offically the fastest player in the world after he ran 4 yards in 0.000383 seconds against Doncaster” tripe.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I heard he likes those blue pills like...

 

[evertondotcom]

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Over 5-10 yards maybe - he certainly isn’t the quickest PL player of all time and IDC what jarg stat site told you that.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Over 5-10 yards maybe - he certainly isn’t the quickest PL player of all time and IDC what jarg stat site told you that.

Van de Ven becomes fastest Premier League player

Spurs defender clocks quickest speed in competition since records began

www.premierleague.com

- how far does one have to sprint to be considered ‘lung busting’?

 

[evertondotcom]

Van de Ven becomes fastest Premier League player

Spurs defender clocks quickest speed in competition since records began

www.premierleague.com

it doesn’t say over what distance.

I’m sure at one point Jagielka was the quickest ever PL player too. Spoiler alert… he wasn’t

 

[evertondotcom]

Hang on, that says Onana is the 10th quickest PL player ever?

Null and void it all

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[TheBlueBlitzer]

it doesn’t say over what distance.

I’m sure at one point Jagielka was the quickest ever PL player too. Spoiler alert… he wasn’t

I remember hearing the jag thing and thinking hang on distin is well faster lol

 

[Walken]

I remember hearing the jag thing and thinking hang on distin is well faster lol

Hmm will have to consult the david Duke University studies

 

[TheBlueBlitzer]

Hmm will have to consult the david Duke University studies

This thread has gone fron news of ex athletes to the news of ex mathletes lol

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

Forgive me if this is the wrong thread, Josh King scored for Khaleej again. Not sure how quick his fibres twitch or whether he's the right shade to be classed as an athlete, but still.

 

[BackRow PE6]

No in football pace has become the main attribute which is an attribute which is biologically proven to be an asset more for black people because they have faster muscle twitch fibres. Africans by and large are superior in long distance running for many reasons ranging from climate to their ancestors with other factors included.

Just as a point of order long distance and endurance / aerobic sports are dominated by athletes with slow twitch muscle fibres whilst explosive, anaerobic activities like sprinting favour fast twitch muscle fibres.

 

[evertondotcom]

Just as a point of order long distance and endurance / aerobic sports are dominated by athletes with slow twitch muscle fibres whilst explosive, anaerobic activities like sprinting favour fast twitch muscle fibres.

What do the best marathon runners and the best sprinters in the world have in common?