Quote Originally Posted by jardi View Post
It should be patently obvious that you don't over-train before a match, - and Skelton was merely continuing the type of training that was on offer from his predecessor.

In all sports, - you should organise your fitness regime so that you maximise output when it is most important. 45 minutes before the start of a match was insane, - and no wonder the players were dropping by the end of the 90!

A good warm up with plenty of stretching, coupled with some ball work and a short, high tempo one touch passing game should be more than ample.

Why wasn't our fitness or lack of fitness brought up when we had a great start to the season ?