Southampton F.C. vs Liverpool F.C. - Saturday 17 August - 3pm

[Rusty Shackleford]

It’s that old woman from the canteen who Mane told he missed.

[Hightown Phil]

Are we saying it's a positive that he made the bench all those times? I'm thinking you could probably turn round that stat and talk about how often Klopp passed on bringing him on/ how little impact he had off the bench

 

Not a positive or a negative, just that it happened. 

[DanM]

Not a positive or a negative, just that it happened.

Ha, that's fair. I remembered about his injury against Napoli last year and looked it up before, forgot about how he was 'rushed to hopsital'

 

My concern with keita is the thought that, to use an old school phrase, "he doesn't fancy it"

[Hassony]

If Adrian is out - who the hell is our bench keeper?

We had two keepers on the bench on Wednesday, so one of them

[Florist Cinema Pond Goal]

monotonous back and forth.

If the forum ever needed a new name this would be great

[Earl Hafler]

Not really.

Quote your posts prior to that

[Hightown Phil]

Quote your posts prior to that

I was staggered when I found out how many matchday squads he was in last season.

43 times he made the 18 man squad last season. Which is considerably more than I thought, and I suspect more than most people thought.

Are there others I’ve missed or something?

[Earl Hafler]

So until you were challenged on the matter, you were claiming his fitness wasn't an issue

[Nathan Explosion]

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[Hightown Phil]

So until you were challenged on the matter, you were claiming his fitness wasn't an issue

No. I was claiming injuries weren’t an issue given that was the point being made.

 

When someone mentioned fitness I agreed with them.

[Earl Hafler]

*deletes reminder to pay hosting bill at end of month*

Sorry

[Hassony]

*deletes reminder to pay hosting bill at end of month*

Haha

[growler]

So....

 

What’s the line up for this one? Matip or Gomez?

 

I think salah gets a rest.

[psl]

I think Salah starts.

[DPD1973]

Firmino Shaqiri Origi in some formation across the front three

Edited August 16, 2019 by DPD1973

[downunder]

Playing Wednesday and Saturday should not be an issue for any player. The extra time comes into it, but I would be surprised if any player hasn’t recovered.

[Gethin]

Playing Wednesday and Saturday should not be an issue for any player. The extra time comes into it, but I would be surprised if any player hasn’t recovered.

 

Yeah, how dare players be tired after a 3200mi round trip and a game played in stifling heat and humidity that went to extra time 2 weeks into the season. f***ing slackers.

[DPD1973]

Could do wonders for out early season fitness though - a mega workout in testing conditions. It could also wreck players very easily though because of exhaustion, double edged sword, anyway, we won so fk chelsea.

Edited August 16, 2019 by DPD1973

[Nebraska Red]

We have nothing midweek, so the front 3 should be good to start. Hopefully, get a lead and use some subs wisely.

[DazzlaJ]

I always wondered how football players fitness compares to tennis players. The top tennis players players seem to play obscene hours in the masters tournaments, every day, although they do get a break at the slams.

[Gethin]

I always wondered how football players fitness compares to tennis players. The top tennis players players seem to play obscene hours in the masters tournaments, every day, although they do get a break at the slams.

 

Quick bit of googling, average match length is 1h30-45 for a 3 setter, 2h30 for a 5 setter - and the ball is in play for about 20% of that time.

 

Players like Djokovic play about 70 matches a year - so about 7-8k mins a year. Our top players played about 4.5k mins last year.

 

Big difference is that footballers will have a steady load of 1-2 games a week for 10 months, tennis players will play clusters of matches every day, every other days around tournaments - but then not play competitively for 4-6 weeks.

[surf]

Firmino Shaqiri Origi in some formation across the front three

That looks terrible.

[Hightown Phil]

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20845492/how-far-do-top-male-tennis-players-run-in-a-match/

 

So Fabinho ran 4km more the other night than David Ferrer did in the first 3 rounds of the Australian Open in 2015. 

[Redwire]

Quick bit of googling, average match length is 1h30-45 for a 3 setter, 2h30 for a 5 setter - and the ball is in play for about 20% of that time.

 

Players like Djokovic play about 70 matches a year - so about 7-8k mins a year. Our top players played about 4.5k mins last year.

 

Big difference is that footballers will have a steady load of 1-2 games a week for 10 months, tennis players will play clusters of matches every day, every other days around tournaments - but then not play competitively for 4-6 weeks.

Plus tennis is mainly standing round and sitting down eating bananas with a bit of running in between.

[Conrad]

Firmino Shaqiri Origi in some formation across the front three

I don’t think so