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| Quote: SmokeyTA "I like how Wakefield being 5th after half a season is now somehow an existential threat to the leeds/wigan/saints hegemony'"
For people who want an end to the chippy responses on this thread - there's a determined effort to continue in that vein. |
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As we have discovered whether or not such comments are made, the chippy ones will be chippy. We are sadly helpless to cure or curb their chippiness.
We can mock their ridiculousness though. It seems a victimless crime.
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| Quote: GUBRATS "So why are more players picking up injuries ?'"
I'd say a combination of a few factors:
- players getting bigger, stronger, faster. Puts more pressure and higher impacts on opposing players but also puts more pressure on players own joints/ligaments etc
- more focus on the play the ball and the evolution of tackle/wrestling techniques to involve more and more bending and twisting of the ball carrier
- the increased quality of "smaller" clubs meaning there are fewer and fewer "easy" games
- a small player pool and no NRL style reserves/feeder system means less chance to rest players
- a significantly longer season than the NRL
Just my opinion but I think all those combined are why we have so many injuries. |
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| Quote: Him "I'd say a combination of a few factors
All fair shouts.
If they haven't already (yeah, I know), the RFL should be conducting an investigation into the types of injuries sustained and the causes of them., with a view to see what can be done to reduce numbers.
Superleague needs it's best players playing matches. Sponsorship, media attention, attendances are all effected by games played at a poorer standard.
I don't watch enough NRL to comment, but what is the scale of injuries like there? If it's a similar amount, then maybe that points to wider issues in the laws of the game & interpretation of those laws/how the game is played, or if they see substantially less injuries, it could point to an issue with more games, double-weekends, possibly sports science, player pool etc.
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "I like how Wakefield being 5th after half a season is now somehow an existential threat to the leeds/wigan/saints hegemony'"
No ones said that have they ya daft get. |
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| Perhaps you missed this.
Quote: vastman "About the same time other clubs started to threaten the Leeds/Wigan and Saints dominance - it's a handy way to deflect the fact that your particular team isn't as good as it used to be.
Just wait until its a 123 with the above teams and all will be well again.
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| Quote: DGM "All fair shouts.
If they haven't already (yeah, I know), the RFL should be conducting an investigation into the types of injuries sustained and the causes of them., with a view to see what can be done to reduce numbers.
Superleague needs it's best players playing matches. Sponsorship, media attention, attendances are all effected by games played at a poorer standard.
I don't watch enough NRL to comment, but what is the scale of injuries like there? If it's a similar amount, then maybe that points to wider issues in the laws of the game & interpretation of those laws/how the game is played, or if they see substantially less injuries, it could point to an issue with more games, double-weekends, possibly sports science, player pool etc.'"
Players work out in the gym a hell of a lot these days, far more than they did pre SL. Constant stretching and hammering of the muscle then all these slabs of muscle are running at each other 100mph every week, sometimes twice in four days recently it stands to reason to me that more injuries will happen. Not sure really what can be done apart from reducing games and doing away with the silly two game weekends. |
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| Quote: Biff Tannen "Players work out in the gym a hell of a lot these days, far more than they did pre SL. Constant stretching and hammering of the muscle then all these slabs of muscle are running at each other 100mph every week, sometimes twice in four days recently it stands to reason to me that more injuries will happen. Not sure really what can be done apart from reducing games and doing away with the silly two game weekends.'"
Good point , but 75% of clubs have had injury crisis's since round 2/3 , nothing to do with excessive matches or ' double ' weekends |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "Perhaps you missed this.
Happy to help'"
Perhaps you missed that he didn't mention Wakefield did he?
Happy to help. |
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| Quote: GUBRATS "Good point , but 75% of clubs have had injury crisis's since round 2/3 , nothing to do with excessive matches or ' double ' weekends'"
Have they?
Which 9 clubs?
And who measures whether it's a crisis or just a couple of players? |
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| Quote: DGM "The top5 have all cemented their top8 spot.
Leigh & Widnes I think are already confined to bottom 4.
Wigan & Saints could potentially get dragged into the dog fight, but I think they should be ok with their current 3 & 4 point gap to 9th.
That leaves three sides battling for 8th
Wigan definitely dragged into the frame now:
Wigan - Huddersfield A, Widnes A, Catalan A, Warrington H, Leeds H.
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| Quote: Frosties. "Wigan definitely dragged into the frame now
the huddersfield v wigan game looking very important now
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Wigan now play Widnes at home
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Wigan will be fine , got some bodies back this weekend. They will comfortably make the 8 but have some real work to do to make top 4 during the super 8s
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| Quote: Early Bath "Wigan now play Widnes at home'"
Bloody lucky for Wigan that they didn't face a points deduction or forfeit the two league points when they cancelled the original Widnes game at late notice otherwise could really be in a mess wrt the bottom 4. |
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