I would have thought that the situation is pretty obvious with Nic - the club limits how much running he does because his body is particularly susceptible to wear and tear. It's easy to forget in light of his knee injuries that it was actually his persistent groin issues that really stuffed his fitness.
So as much as we might think that him dropping 5-10kg might help his body, the process of dropping that weight might take a toll that we're not prepared to risk. The same can be said of McGovern. The club likely sees it as a matter of accepting what they are as athletes rather than trying to make them something that they're not.
I think it's silly to think that they haven't considered this proposition given that they're the gatekeepers of fitness metrics and TOG%.In these kind of situations I'm happy to defer to the club - they have much more expertise, experience and internal information (empirical and anecdotal) than we could ever have.
So as much as we might think that him dropping 5-10kg might help his body, the process of dropping that weight might take a toll that we're not prepared to risk. The same can be said of McGovern. The club likely sees it as a matter of accepting what they are as athletes rather than trying to make them something that they're not.
I think it's silly to think that they haven't considered this proposition given that they're the gatekeepers of fitness metrics and TOG%.In these kind of situations I'm happy to defer to the club - they have much more expertise, experience and internal information (empirical and anecdotal) than we could ever have.