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A thought that has pestered me for some time is the notion that clubs can use the excuse for a loss that they came back from playing away to Freo or West Coast the week before.
Interested to know people's view on the subject.
We have arguably the fittest athletes in the world when it comes to measuring both strength and endurance together, and these guys get the absolute top notch treatment when it comes to both pre game warm ups and preparation, as well as state of the art recovery methods for after the game.
Yes it is a long flight both there and back, but does it really have enough weight to the argument to suggest that a team has flown for 4 hours in between say a 6 day turnaround to the following match?
I have also always wondered, if it is that big a deal, why do teams not fly in to Perth a day or two earlier and get a rest and say an extra day of light training to acclimatise? And then even stay an extra day there and do their recovery before returning to melbourne?
Personally I don't think it's an excuse at all for guys who are amongst the fittest in the world to say well we ran out of legs because we had to spend 4 hours on a plane 5 days ago.
What are your views on the subject, and if you disagree, why?
Interested to know people's view on the subject.
We have arguably the fittest athletes in the world when it comes to measuring both strength and endurance together, and these guys get the absolute top notch treatment when it comes to both pre game warm ups and preparation, as well as state of the art recovery methods for after the game.
Yes it is a long flight both there and back, but does it really have enough weight to the argument to suggest that a team has flown for 4 hours in between say a 6 day turnaround to the following match?
I have also always wondered, if it is that big a deal, why do teams not fly in to Perth a day or two earlier and get a rest and say an extra day of light training to acclimatise? And then even stay an extra day there and do their recovery before returning to melbourne?
Personally I don't think it's an excuse at all for guys who are amongst the fittest in the world to say well we ran out of legs because we had to spend 4 hours on a plane 5 days ago.
What are your views on the subject, and if you disagree, why?

