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Injuries

thfcsteff said:
It's almost as if a professional footballer might have more of an insight into things...
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He's clearly talking from a position of ignorance though when he comes out with stuff like "I am not even sure Tottenham's style is that demanding" which kinda throws the rest of his insights in to doubt
 
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harr1984 said:
Posters on here blabbing on about our injuries just takes me back to Covid. People read a couple of online articles and become 'experts' on the subject matter and what is going on....
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Goes for pretty much anything everywhere, doesn't it? You can at least more or less apply it to anything Tottenham-related or otherwise on this forum. Still fun to hypothesize and have a bit of a discussion, though!
 
billyiddo said:
He's clearly talking from a position of ignorance though when he comes out with stuff like "I am not even sure Tottenham's style is that demanding" which kinda throws the rest of his insights in to doubt
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Billy. He is not looking for a bogeyman or a common root cause. This article is about the feedback loop of injury and desperation caused by professionals putting their bodies on the line.
 
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Raziel said:
Hmmm .. wonder why our injuries are what they are

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The thing is, it doesn’t actually look to me like we’re sprinting around way more than any other team. Does it look that way to anyone else?

And what is it about the system that requires so much sprinting? To me our press looks less aggressive than other pressing teams.
 
elltrev said:
The thing is, it doesn’t actually look to me like we’re sprinting around way more than any other team. Does it look that way to anyone else?

And what is it about the system that requires so much sprinting? To me our press looks less aggressive than other pressing teams.
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Worth noting that the differences are fairly small. Particularly in the in possession axis. Unlikely to be visible as such.

Would be interesting to see how those numbers look over time...

A good high press obviously requires sprinting out of possession. But to me where you really get a lot of sprinting is when the press is played through. Players racing to get back into position.

I obviously can't know, but wouldn't be surprised if our high numbers out of possession is partly due to our press not being effective enough more than it being so high/aggressive. That again would have multiple factors causing it.
 
johnola said:
Billy. He is not looking for a bogeyman or a common root cause. This article is about the feedback loop of injury and desperation caused by professionals putting their bodies on the line.
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That's a fair enough point to be made and if it was the main thrust of this opinion piece then I'd have not been moved to comment on it.
 
braineclipse said:
Worth noting that the differences are fairly small. Particularly in the in possession axis. Unlikely to be visible as such.

Would be interesting to see how those numbers look over time...

A good high press obviously requires sprinting out of possession. But to me where you really get a lot of sprinting is when the press is played through. Players racing to get back into position.

I obviously can't know, but wouldn't be surprised if our high numbers out of possession is partly due to our press not being effective enough more than it being so high/aggressive. That again would have multiple factors causing it.
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I thought the margins were small at first too, but then out of possession you’re looking at an extra 30%, which is quite a lot.

Think I agree with your assessment. We often seem to be running around the pitch without getting that close to the opposition. I hope that’s just because of a vicious circle of fatigue, rather than Ange’s pressing system being fundamentally flawed.
 
billyiddo said:
He's clearly talking from a position of ignorance though when he comes out with stuff like "I am not even sure Tottenham's style is that demanding" which kinda throws the rest of his insights in to doubt
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I mean, at this point - where we are - I'd say us stepping onto a pitch is a demanding style (until we get players back)...
 
superspurs said:
What’s the deal with Romero then, he had a set back?
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Postecoglou mentioned on Friday that Romero is a “slow healer” and he’s just said in post-Brentford conference that “Christian is a little bit away” but hasn’t mentioned specifics AFAIK.

Hopefully our new RCB proves a little more resilient, what with gaffer not sounding optimistic about Dragusin playing again any time soon.

 
SteveAWOL said:
Postecoglou mentioned on Friday that Romero is a “slow healer” and he’s just said in post-Brentford conference that “Christian is a little bit away” but hasn’t mentioned specifics AFAIK.

Hopefully our new RCB proves a little more resilient, what with gaffer not sounding optimistic about Dragusin playing again any time soon.

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romero heals in time to play for argentina

he was subbed out because of a foot injury in a game for us and weeks later, as allowed him to play in the internationals which exacerbated the problem. we need management protecting players and saving them from further injury in internationals
 
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