27 Nov 2015 06:35:46
Arsene Wenger seems to be amazed at the endurance of Sanchez. However, in my opinion, the harder a player works, the more durable they seem to become. There have been suggestions in the past that Arsenal's training under Wenger isn't intense enough. Obviously it is harder to avoid impact injuries, although greater conditioning can make the body more resistant to this type of injury as well . A Dutch physio has argued that not only are our players not conditioned properly, but they are rushed back and again suffer injury as a result. I hate to say iit, but at Tottenham you can see the result of higher intensity training, with relatively few injuries, particularly of the muscualr variety. If you ignore the injury to Pritchard, who dosesn't feature in the first team, they only have 3 injuries. One a long term injury to Bentaleb (possibly left over from the last regime) , Chadli who turned an ankle and Lamela being the sole muscular type injury.

{Ed001's Note - it is something I have been arguing for years, that the issue is not with the amount of games, but the training. Players are simply not fit enough, throughout the Prem, not just Arsenal. Players like Suarez and Sanchez show how those working harder suffer less from fatigue.}

1.) 27 Nov 2015
27 Nov 2015 06:57:15
Ed001 - Absolutely and David Beckham, who worked tremendously hard both on the pitch and in training, was rarely injured from my recollection. The most absurd injuries this season were Ox and Walcott, who lasted a few minutes against Sheffield Weds. Something was clearly wrong. The amount of muscular injuries at Arsenal are simply unacceptable.

{Ed001's Note - good one, I was trying hard to think of some other grafters to list, but couldn't think of any off the top of my head. Oh Pavel Nedved was another, he used to do extra work on the training ground after the other players had finished, then go home and use his personal gym to work even more. These are the players that should be used as an example to youngsters. Players that make the absolute most of their talents. No one is immune to injuries, but training harder will definitely lessen your chances of the minor niggles. Players had more stamina in the past as they did more stamina and endurance work in training, rather than just sprints like they do now. That is also why they suffered less from injuries, despite the fact that they were facing much more and harder contact with opponents.}

2.) 27 Nov 2015
27 Nov 2015 09:50:42
Excellent points and all valid, harder training is a damn good way of avoiding injury.

Players mentioned are great examples and its difficult to argue against the point.

3.) 27 Nov 2015
27 Nov 2015 10:09:14
That's a bit of a weird one.
I have heard physio's (can't remember who) actually slate Wenger for training the players too hard.
During the intensity of a season, where teams play saturday/wedn/Saturday, they advise 'light' training is the best practice for the other days, as this gives the body time to recover.

It's a bit like bodybuilders, you don't train hard every day, certainly not the same body parts, indeed you get better results on your day off, as the body builds muscle to repair the previous days work out.

I know you can't compare bodybuilders to footballers, one is muscle gain and the other cardio and stamina, but same meat different gravy?

4.) 27 Nov 2015
27 Nov 2015 11:36:11
Dags - The argument against Wenger's training methods are that he repeats the same exercises continually, causing injury. The facts speak for themselves, that the injury situation at the club has been horrendous for years and shows no sign of getting any better.

5.) 27 Nov 2015
27 Nov 2015 15:53:14
Agree RG69.

6.) 27 Nov 2015
27 Nov 2015 17:59:34
I just hope Arsene reads all this.