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England vs Russia and Algeria - Fitness + Futsal
Don't know how many people watched the Russia / Algeria game last night, but the fitness levels from both teams were amazing. End to end sprinting non stop for the whole 94 minutes with no players on either side getting cramp or even looking tired. Literally some of the players looked like they were doing constant 10 sec 100m sprints for the entire game.
Never watched such a consistently fast game before, ever. I have to wonder therefore in the light of this, whether this shows the true problem with England - a lack of fitness possibly brought on by kebabs, pizzas, partying and lack of sleep, and nights out on the beer with the lads, instead of being dedicated true athletes who spend their entire working lives on strict diets, 24/7 training and staying in until their careers are over. Also, has to be said futsal training is something we don't appear to have in England, especially from a young age.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futsal What is Futsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unFlcSwdDFc Some skills that result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LG_zukvek0 The speed of Fustal and the resulting awareness / skills the players develop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQ55irIYR8 Most of the world's top players seem to have played Futsal from a young age. What do other people on here think. Do you agree England lack fitness compared to other teams? Should English players be forced to adopt true Athlete's lives for the durations of their careers ie. 24/7 training / dieting / sleep/ no bad foods / alcohol or nights out / money saved by the club Alex Ferguson regime style with only small amounts of spending money handed out, with the benefits of being famous coming after their careers have ended ie the money, women, nightclubs etc? Should England be adopting Futsal to increase speed of thinking and passing and skills? |
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I have to agree that most of the teams i've seen in the World Cup do seem to be fitter than England were.
Algeria, Chile, Russia to name a few, ran for at least 60 minutes before they slowed down a bit and took stock of the game. If anything, the England players look tired and couldn't wait for their beds. The heat I guess played a part but they didn't look fit in any of the games they played in. As for futsal. I've never heard of it myself so I can't really comment. It is something maybe we should look at in the future. |
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England players aren't scoffing pizza and kebabs all the time, who comes up with this stuff?
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I As for futsal. I've never heard of it myself so I can't really comment. It is something maybe we should look at in the future.
Its been said youngsters would be better playing small sided games on a smaller pitch rather than the usual 11 a side on a full pitch. As for being tired - sadly do tend to agree with the view that we looked lacklustre just we needed to be going for goals. |
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nothing wrong with their fitness
and i LOVE futsal, always try to catch it whenever it's on eurosport, we should have a proper league over the winter for it |
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I don't think it's fitness. I think England just quite haven't understood how to play football
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England players aren't scoffing pizza and kebabs all the time, who comes up with this stuff?
My question was whether or not their fitness suffers as a result and whether this is a problem. Also, whether or not they should be allowed to have normal social lives or whether in fact they ought to be made to live like truly dedicated athletes who lead 24/7 career based lives until their careers are over. |
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This paragraph can't really be taken too many other ways, surely: Quote:
I have to wonder therefore in the light of this, whether this shows the true problem with England - a lack of fitness possibly brought on by kebabs, pizzas, partying and lack of sleep, and nights out on the beer with the lads, instead of being dedicated true athletes who spend their entire working lives on strict diets, 24/7 training and staying in until their careers are over.
The futsal point you make is far closer to the truth, technique really should be everything. England are a victim of their upbringing and a reluctance to really change it in any way. |
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Hey I don't totally disagree.
But from where I've been watching, England aren't playing at anything like the pace of Russia or Algeria and yet they appear to get tired, suffer cramps and slow down in the last quarter of a game. That says to me that England aren't as fit as some other nations and I'm just trying to explore the reasons why. I remember a long time ago, an athlete, I can't remember whom, said on retirement that they were looking forward to going out and having a social life as being dedicated to their sport meant they had to eat healthily, never intake alcohol, stay home every night, and be in bed early (something like 9pm), and they'd done that from being a teenager right through until retirement at 30 something. Don't think they even had time for a girlfriend. All they ever did was train, eat, sleep, repeat and that it was necessary in their sport to do that to be the best. I was just wondering if this was the kind of dedication we should be seeing / demanding from our footballers. |
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99% of footballers do exactly as advised is necessary for the sport.
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