The ideas about spreading the cost of the pass with a DD over a longer period is a good idea, 200+ quid is a lot of money to lay out over the Xmas period, Rovers are still doing the 3 month term DD but even that could be extended and as was said earlier would give clubs more monthly revenue.

Bit i found intresting was the improvement in travel and accomadation...will they be stopping overnight on trips to Lancashire.

According to hudge, sandydick is a wold leader in sports science and rovers were shat last year so I hope we manage to follow the wigan model

Which is what?

Jesus....how about leaving no stone unturned....expert backroom staff...just been awarded community club of the years and rather succesful...that model.

We're discussing injury prevention and what is being done about it since AP expressed his dissatisfaction with the amount of injuries we get. Not sure how winning a community award will help in this respect.

Thats the wigan model though......im sure a lot is being done since he personally spent £150,000 to bring it upto std and they well may be interviews underway for a new physio but we dont know do we.

Which is why I asked this which Jake was replying to:
"Anyone know what specifically is being done on injury prevention? AP was quite vocal about the level of injuries being ridiculous last season. Guess this is what he means by sport science equipment, but have we appointed a new physio."

It's a genuine question. We've had more than our fair share of injuries in 3 out of the last 5 years IMO. Perhaps some can be attributed to older players, but whilst Long/Dykes could have been foreseen, Manu and latterly Lynch have had very good records. Warrington have probably the oldest squad in the competition and don't do too badly in this respect. I'm really interested in what the current regime are doing in terms of analysing cause and effect and identfying opportunities to prevent a repeat, whether that's conditioning, massage, bringing in experts etc.

Dunno, just something pearson said the other week

There is far more to preventing injuries than just having an experienced physio. Yes there is conditioning, warm up / down, etc etc which would ordinarily involve the head phys.

But are we training correctly, playing to how we train. Is the set up correct, are we playing within the rules.
Are we giving payers enough rest between sessions, sending out players that are not 100% fit.

Is the diet correct, are we supplying players with the correct clothing, supports for training / playing.

There has to be a huge strategic overhaul to pinpoint what we are doing right / wrong and then work smart to address the issues.

I would expect that AP has discussed with consultants and SM, PG & AH have been involved at some level.

A lot of this has to do with PG and how he is strategising / structuring he above.

That said, we are through the season going to pick up injuries so we have to be prospective as well as retrospective.

I'd hope so, otherwise we'd be cheating.

A "huge strategic overall" is a bit dramatic. Our best SL finish in 5 seasons and IMO our conditioning didn't look far off the pace, if at all.