- Sep 25, 2011
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I could find a thread about this but glad to be directed to one that already exists.
The PL has a 6 week break and most people are concerned by how the players going to the WC will be affected. I personally feel that it’s the players who are not going to the WC who will be most affected by the break.
Some, but not all, the players at the WC will get game time. In a normal season during this period teams would play 6-8 games. At the WC our players could play the following number of games:
Lloris 5-7 games
Romero 5-7 games
Dier 4-5 games ( if picked)
Davies 3-4 games
Perisic 4-6 games
Bentancur 4-6 games
Hojbjerg 4-6 games
Son 3-4 games.
Richarlison 5-7 games
Kane 4-5 games
So these players will, to varying degrees, retain their match fitness. Now the players left at home will not have any competive games for 6 weeks. I know we are not going abroad for warm weather training but does anybody have any idea what the plans are for the squad not at the WC? Have we arranged any friendly fixtures?
It’s important we do or this section of the squad will lose their match fitness and subsequently will start slowly when the season resumes. How we handle the players not at the WC will have a big impact on how we start the second half of the season.
The PL has a 6 week break and most people are concerned by how the players going to the WC will be affected. I personally feel that it’s the players who are not going to the WC who will be most affected by the break.
Some, but not all, the players at the WC will get game time. In a normal season during this period teams would play 6-8 games. At the WC our players could play the following number of games:
Lloris 5-7 games
Romero 5-7 games
Dier 4-5 games ( if picked)
Davies 3-4 games
Perisic 4-6 games
Bentancur 4-6 games
Hojbjerg 4-6 games
Son 3-4 games.
Richarlison 5-7 games
Kane 4-5 games
So these players will, to varying degrees, retain their match fitness. Now the players left at home will not have any competive games for 6 weeks. I know we are not going abroad for warm weather training but does anybody have any idea what the plans are for the squad not at the WC? Have we arranged any friendly fixtures?
It’s important we do or this section of the squad will lose their match fitness and subsequently will start slowly when the season resumes. How we handle the players not at the WC will have a big impact on how we start the second half of the season.