Huddersfield v Wigan

[joe90]

Why did the coach at Wigan rest all them players against Huddersfield,he should have rested them next week against Hull,they did alright but they was never going to win,one of the lads who made his debut looked about 15 years old but he will come good.

[HORT]

Rest them???

How long since their last game.

I am sure they must have been very very tired and needing a rest.

 

Dropped them is the correct term.

 

[Big_Jeff_Leo]

You still persist with that daftness don't you, I think you would would last about three games as a modern sports coach.

[HORT]

Well they had not played for 5 days was that not long enough rest?

 

[Big_Jeff_Leo]

I am not the team doctor or physio so I don't know.

[Bert]

Resting players is not confined to the modern game. I can remember travelling to Far town back in the 50's prior to a Wembley final against Huddersfield when Saints turned out almost an A team. I'm not sure if the tactic was to rest or preserve players.

Edited Sunday at 15:44 by Bert
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[HORT]

Its a joke, they play for 80 minutes and some times the next game is a week later and they get rested.

 

How would they be if they had to work on a physical job every day of the week.

 

 

[Big_Jeff_Leo]

No regular job comes close to getting smashed up on a rugby field for 80 minutes.

[Bert]

Gave a lift to someone at about 8am one week day. A jogger was running in the opposite direction. My passenger said to me, "Bet he's a teacher". "How do you know that?" I asked. " Well," he said, "If he had a proper job he'd be too buggered to be doing that". Interesting that often we don't appreciate what's involved in other people's work. Similarly people with well paid jobs often assume that anyone can do low paid jobs.

[HORT]

Big Jeff.

How come they can get smashed up week in and week out, with several days in between, and all of a sudden some of them, NOT ALL, are needed to be rested? 

 

[NSSO]

HORT,yep beong able to self cert?man flu,bad back,.Wasnt there an old joke about the docs scribbling something in latin on the med cert.Translated as Swinging the Lead?

[Big_Jeff_Leo]

3 hours ago, HORT said:

How come they can get smashed up week in and week out, with several days in between, and all of a sudden some of them, NOT ALL, are needed to be rested? 

 

Because each person is different and is subject to different actions and reactions.....on and off the field.

Some players have old injuries that are susceptible and play them up.

Some get knocks or strains in training.

There are many reasons, use your imagination.

[HORT]

Why say "rested" instead of "Injured"?

 

[Big_Jeff_Leo]

They might not be actually injured as such, just getting older or they do not play as a precaution so that they will be fit for a more important match. These are standard tactics in competative, physical sports.

 

[NSSO]

Joe 90.Will fully explain it.Wigan had various ruses before BIG GAMES.

[joe90]

Explain what you mean,Wigan had various ruses before BIG GAMES.

[Bert]

I still think that the idea may be to preserve players. When a team is winning comfortably, especially in football, it's not unknown for key players to be substituted.

[NSSO]

When i was a kid with the old programmes.You could guarantee when the teams were announced,out came the biros to only amend the Wigan team list.ESP BOLTONS. He must have had numerous physio issues eeh eeh.

Sad about Maurice!!