Injuries - do questions need to be asked?

[The Dr]

Fair to say I've had a gutful of our endless stream of injuries, which started midway through the pre-season. Our injury list has been double figures pretty much all year, which is just shocking for a team with depth issues.

So, is it just pure bad luck, or has the intense pre-season/punishing training regime part to blame? Obviously our fitness levels needed to be increased dramatically, but it seems pushing the players so hard is causing havoc too….

 

[stretcharmstrong]

I'd be interested to take a closer look when the injury list is re-released during the week.

How many of the injuries we've had are training load related (e.g. "soft tissue"), and how many are impact/collision/concussion injuries? I reckon we've had a lot of the latter, but also a handful of the former.

 

[demonfan9]

My gut feel is that our training workload has been extremely heavy, even during the season, so injuries are a byproduct of that.

Most other clubs manage their players to get through the season, whereas we are training them very hard in preparation for 2013.

Can't remember where I heard this but that is apparently the clubs plan. Train them hard now, completely ease off training around Round 18 and for a few weeks after the season, then hit the ground running for 2013 pre-season when most other clubs will be starting from scratch.

 

[RedLegs#5]

I'll start questioning things if the same things happen next year. I think a harder training schedule has impacted on many of the players bodies, but it was a necessary thing to force them through in preparation for the future.

I know it's no excuse, but really, I think we'd actually be doing pretty damn alright at the moment if not for injuries.