Conditioning : Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:24 am  

I watched the reserves yesterday before the main game and we commented at how the saints reserves looked so well conditioned against the way our team looked, then when we got to the main game we said the same about the Saints players against how our lads looked.

As we discussed it during the game we seemed to have being saying the same thing over the most of this and last season. perhaps this in itself could be a major part of our problem, especially in defence where teams seem to be able to shrug off our players so easily when we attempt to tackle.

Who is our conditioner and can we not get them to study teams like St's methods because it was more than apparent that right through from main team down they simply looked that much more conditioned.

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:55 am  

Have to agree with you.

As a Saints fan, i couldnt fail to notice the bellies hanging out of the shorts of a couple of your players.

Too much lard and not enough muscle at Cas for me.

I suspect you can get away with a bit of lard on your small narrow pitch, however when you play on the bigger pitches you will get given the run around.

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:14 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Have to agree with you.

As a Saints fan, i couldnt fail to notice the bellies hanging out of the shorts of a couple of your players.

Too much lard and not enough muscle at Cas for me.

I suspect you can get away with a bit of lard on your small narrow pitch, however when you play on the bigger pitches you will get given the run around.

We play better on the wider pitches

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:40 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Have to agree with you.

As a Saints fan, i couldnt fail to notice the bellies hanging out of the shorts of a couple of your players.

Too much lard and not enough muscle at Cas for me.

I suspect you can get away with a bit of lard on your small narrow pitch, however when you play on the bigger pitches you will get given the run around.

Which is funny because our good wins have all come on bigger pitches

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:28 pm  

I would say we are in bottom 3 in terms of strength and conditioning in the league.

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:03 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Have to agree with you.
As a Saints fan, i couldnt fail to notice the bellies hanging out of the shorts of a couple of your players.

Huh? I think Cas players look pretty toned. Cunningham has a bigger belly than most of the Cas players! What I think when I see Cas is that they look comparatively slender. They need more muscle, which I think is what is being said. I didn't notice any hanging bellies though!

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:55 pm  

Take it you did not go to the match!Higgins and Widders looked a tad overweight

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:08 pm  

Its almost certainly down to a more scientific approach to nutrition rather than the actual physical conditioning regimes. Look at the youngsters Saints churn out, completely different build to the Cas kids.

Supplements at every meal I reckon

Re: Conditioning : Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:32 pm  

castigers222 wrote:

I watched the reserves yesterday before the main game and we commented at how the saints reserves looked so well conditioned against the way our team looked, then when we got to the main game we said the same about the Saints players against how our lads looked.

Loreal?

Re: Conditioning : Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:27 am  

castigers222 wrote:

I watched the reserves yesterday before the main game and we commented at how the saints reserves looked so well conditioned against the way our team looked, then when we got to the main game we said the same about the Saints players against how our lads looked.

As we discussed it during the game we seemed to have being saying the same thing over the most of this and last season. perhaps this in itself could be a major part of our problem, especially in defence where teams seem to be able to shrug off our players so easily when we attempt to tackle.

Who is our conditioner and can we not get them to study teams like St's methods because it was more than apparent that right through from main team down they simply looked that much more conditioned.

Its nothing to do with conditioning its what you call beer bellies this has gone on for years at cas and its about time someone put a stop to it.