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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:50 am  
He has had no pre-season due to his injury, so maybe a week off would do him good.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:07 pm  
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He has had no pre-season due to his injury, so maybe a week off would do him good.


We are now in may. I'm sure he'd be match fit by now. I don't think he's happy at the moment.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sat Apr 30, 2016 9:50 pm  
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We are now in may. I'm sure he'd be match fit by now. I don't think he's happy at the moment.


Doesn't sound like it? (Sketchy source I know!) http://www.dailystar.co.uk/rugby-league ... -St-Helens

Fitness is a major problem at the moment, if Thompson is fit, a few weeks off could be the solution for a mini pre season on his own
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We are now in may. I'm sure he'd be match fit by now. I don't think he's happy at the moment.


Doesn't sound like it? (Sketchy source I know!) http://www.dailystar.co.uk/rugby-league ... -St-Helens

Fitness is a major problem at the moment, if Thompson is fit, a few weeks off could be the solution for a mini pre season on his own
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sun May 01, 2016 7:25 am  
I'm sure being fit is likely.
(I'm not a training expert)

But I'd have thought you build up muscle mass in preseason etc which can be caught up during the season.

I recall when I used to go to friendlies that the players always looked bigger due to lots of weight training in pre season.

Players who miss pre season due to injury or internationals do tend to struggle more the following season, but maybe that's just my mind fooling me.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sun May 01, 2016 10:31 am  
bewareshadows wrote:
I'm sure being fit is likely.
(I'm not a training expert)

But I'd have thought you build up muscle mass in preseason etc which can be caught up during the season.

I recall when I used to go to friendlies that the players always looked bigger due to lots of weight training in pre season.

Players who miss pre season due to injury or internationals do tend to struggle more the following season, but maybe that's just my mind fooling me.


It's very very difficult to gain mass and strength during the season, because you can't really train as hard with the weights if your first 1-2 days of the week are recovering for a game and then you can't do much towards the end of the week because of the game coming up.

There's also a study that has come out recently on Super League players (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075963) which shows for every additional 10 pre-season sessions participated in, the chance of injury is 17% lower. Missing a pre-season can be huge for a player.
bewareshadows wrote:
I'm sure being fit is likely.
(I'm not a training expert)

But I'd have thought you build up muscle mass in preseason etc which can be caught up during the season.

I recall when I used to go to friendlies that the players always looked bigger due to lots of weight training in pre season.

Players who miss pre season due to injury or internationals do tend to struggle more the following season, but maybe that's just my mind fooling me.


It's very very difficult to gain mass and strength during the season, because you can't really train as hard with the weights if your first 1-2 days of the week are recovering for a game and then you can't do much towards the end of the week because of the game coming up.

There's also a study that has come out recently on Super League players (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075963) which shows for every additional 10 pre-season sessions participated in, the chance of injury is 17% lower. Missing a pre-season can be huge for a player.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sun May 01, 2016 10:36 am  
Sorry typing on my phone should have been can't rather than can.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Sun May 01, 2016 3:18 pm  
Defenses on top. Tries just from kicks.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Mon May 02, 2016 6:33 am  
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Defenses on top. Tries just from kicks.


Some good interplay between Walsh/Fages/Lomax, are we going to see some more creative game plan from now on. Walsh has has stepped up his game pro Easter period.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Mon May 02, 2016 2:07 pm  
Two wins and the boards fall silent.

Need another loss quickly to enthuse the fans.
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Re: Thoughts on the Squad : Mon May 02, 2016 2:15 pm  
Is everyone on holiday who used to post on here?

Or have most people migrated to RedVee?

Hardly anything has been posted about yesterday's winning match or much else.
I know for example that Widnes supporters don't really use the RL Fans site and they have their own fan site. Is this just a general drift way to fan sites? Is it to avoid trolls?
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