Injuries

Didn’t Kiwomya mention there immediate pre kick off routine the other week.Said they just ambled around while other teams did the fast rope ladder thing or something similar.Dont know Kiwomya conditioning background but he was a footballer so maybe something in it.

 

I think we do need to remember this is also having an impact on the very wealthy Premier League clubs - with all their medical staff and facilities. I am not in a position to comment on what preparation City have put in place, but as with most things at our club I would not be surprised if it is the bare minimum

 

In April 2019, Kiwomya joined EFL Championship club Leeds United as a coach for their Development Hub for elite player development scholarship.

He was previously at Huddersfiel Town : "Kiwomya was notably employed by Huddersfield Town as head performance coach in 2010 in this role Huddersfield went on to achieve a 43-game unbeaten run".
Possibly too expensive for us ?.

 

Not having a go @simons (woking bantam) but my heart bleeds for those poor Premier League Clubs.

 

I bet it does!
Point I was trying to make is not that I have sympathy for those rich buggers but that money, medical facilities etc do not seem be able to prevent the vast increase in soft tissue, muscle injuries that are occurring in the game

 

The ones 99% of the EFL are holding the begging bowl out to ?

 

With the virus the amount of games all clubs are playing week in week out are more than challenging then there are the European games, I'm sure it's demanding for the top clubs even with large squads.

 

I stil stand by my comment, poor old Premier Clubs.

 

I make the following based on what I see at our games and specially based on Salford last week.
1. SM has said from the start he wanted a smaller squad than before but with cover for all positions. That is what he has so complaining about injuries is not really valid, especially if those coming in are tailored to a formation which suits them, i.e. never play BRE in anything less than a back four with two raiding full backs not wing backs. Bolton made that work against Salford and SM must have seen it be a success (or not). The real issue is the ones coming in.
2. In season 12/13 our game against Northampton at Wembley was our 64th from memory. We have so far played around 20. The difference to me is Nick Allemby who tailored things to circumstances and the opposition. Does that happen now?, I don't know other than what I see. Equally our players get these injuries which seem to take an age to clear up, e.g. Novak, is that an age thing?
3. Comment has been passed about warm up. To my uneducated eye it is very low key and I watched Salford with interest. I arrived at 2.00 pm and the 2 keepers and coach were already out, one keeper on the penalty spot, other two guys on the touch line at halfway. Balls were fired to both keepers who were not allowed to catch, only control on chest, thigh or foot for 5 minutes. They then moved to the goal where shots both bounced in front and straight volley were done for another 5 minutes. They then had to shot stop on the near post with full hits and I mean hard for 5 minutes. By then the rest of the squad had done full running warm ups and did a full10 minutes shooting practice, I didn't tally it all but roughly 75% either hit the net or were saved. When the squad left the pitch the fitness guy kept the subs back for another 5 minutes running and stretching.
Compare this. Our GKs emerge at 2.25 and jog across the pitch twice before the coach arrives. There is no fierce warm up, most looked to be gentle shots on the volley straight at the keeper. ROD's part appeared fringe. When the squad appeared the focus seemed to be on keep ball and only towards the end (presumably with still cool muscles) was there any serious sprinting. Shooting in was mostly against Hornby and pricked by Salford's efforts I actually counted. Result 75% failed to hit the target let alone be saved.
4. Half Time, our subs ambled out, kicked a ball around for 5 minutes then spent the rest talking or watching the Salford subs go through another fierce sprinting and stretching session with the coach. There was no visible supervision of our players.

Finally a point on tactics. In my very humble opinion 3-5-2 is not for us. Wood, Bryce and Tyler are attacking full backs not wing backs and this is spoiling Wood in particular. Equally if we must play BRE it has to be a back four and finally, as suggested by a contribution on WOAP, we need players who get the SM message not goldfish who instantly forget what they've been told.

Feel better for that, not there tonight but hope for a turn round including some better fortune. In my view the disallowed goal against Colchester, the 9 man performance at FGR and the missed pen at Bolton have cost us 5 and possibly 7 points. Win tonight and Saturday with the financial rewards that may bring and players back, we might start to progress. Loose and ....

 

Interesting observations by RO and humbly expressed or not, constructive and enlightening.

 

When we “scout” players do we look a previous injury records and history? All available and all done by the better prepared sides than us?

 

Costs money Den. Something we just don't do.

 

And costing them money in wages on the treatment table all the time

 

AK and Jamie talk about it nearly every match. Our pre match, is nothing compared to the oppp.
Who is our conditioning/fitness coach? I know we struggle to find suitable forwards/wingers, but surely getting a fitness coach to the club can't be hard. Especially with all the gyms closed at the moment!

 

Another area where it’s amateur hour. I play Saturday football and we played Horsforth St Margaret’s in preseason, who are one level below semi pro/county football, and I was in awe of their warm up routine, streets ahead of City. If an amateur side can be doing more complex/rigorous warm ups then why can’t we? We seem inadequate in every department of the whole club and the fitness and injury record proves that, you only have to look down the road at Leeds to show how having superior fitness and sports science can reap serious rewards.