Djm1874 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Maybe it’s me or how many times this season have our players been injured in the first half or even first 10 minutes! Is the warm up being done properly? michael smith today after what 2 mins!! Halkett after 6 mins in zurich. There has been more that i can’t think of but feels ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Sanchez Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Was the warm up much the same as under Neilson? Was hoping he'd change it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackOfTheNet Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Ask John Carver and the problem might be the Oriam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabienleclerq Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Michael Smith has looked like he's been carrying an injury for ages. I get the feeling the plan was to have natty as first choice and smith back up. Natty hasn't been good enough and it's meant Smith has played more than is ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Hopefully a new manager will totally overhaul that side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19/05/2012 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Djm1874 said: Maybe it’s me or how many times this season have our players been injured in the first half or even first 10 minutes! Is the warm up being done properly? michael smith today after what 2 mins!! Halkett after 6 mins in zurich. There has been more that i can’t think of but feels ridiculous. Probably the fact that we do the same drills pre match every week that are never to match speed. I remember watching Istanbul players set up in formation pre match and ping the ball about in a match like attack to get them ready to go, Instead we play passy and hit crosses into the box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC 86 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Something is not right with the amount of injuries that we get. This has been happening for the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 You'd think that professional football players might have a clue how to warm up properly and take personal responsibility for it. Smith is an older player and has been a great servant for hearts. His injury had hee haw to do with the backroom staff or the oriam pitch, the tories, humza, mi5 or space aliens. Shit happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 1 hour ago, fabienleclerq said: Michael Smith has looked like he's been carrying an injury for ages. I get the feeling the plan was to have natty as first choice and smith back up. Natty hasn't been good enough and it's meant Smith has played more than is ideal. I know you can’t believe RN but he definitely said Smith was 1st choice this season. But then told anyone that would listen that he wanted Patterson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amadjambo Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 We had a lot of injuries under Levein too. Makes you wonder if there is something wrong with our training, fitness or warm up routines. Hamstring injuries alone seem to be reasonably regular right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Craig Beattie told a story about when he was at Celtic under Strachan and scoring one week, then finding out he was benched the following game. He was pissed off and half arsed his warm up and ended up tearing something (hamstring possibly). How much of this falls on the players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brux Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 1 hour ago, 19/05/2012 said: Probably the fact that we do the same drills pre match every week that are never to match speed. I remember watching Istanbul players set up in formation pre match and ping the ball about in a match like attack to get them ready to go, Instead we play passy and hit crosses into the box They were a different level, the subs were constantly warming up during the game, ready to be called upon at any time. Not like us where we sit on a bench for 20 mins then go for a wee jog. However our warmups pre match are very good, nothing to see here, move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hardy’s Dug Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Our injuries, and generally speaking recovery times, have been appalling for the last two years at least. I don’t think any part of the football side of the club is working as it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edramone Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 The players need to be repeatedly beasted on Gullane sand dunes until they are fit as. And they all need appointments with a Sports psychiatrist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabienleclerq Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 8 hours ago, Pasquale for King said: I know you can’t believe RN but he definitely said Smith was 1st choice this season. But then told anyone that would listen that he wanted Patterson. I can only assume he's said this on the back of natty not being good enough last year. If his actual plan was smith first choice he's an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 10 hours ago, Djm1874 said: Maybe it’s me or how many times this season have our players been injured in the first half or even first 10 minutes! Is the warm up being done properly? michael smith today after what 2 mins!! Halkett after 6 mins in zurich. There has been more that i can’t think of but feels ridiculous. So thus far we've established that prior to yesterday there was one, yesterday makes 2 from about 40 games this season. One of these an already injury prone player who had only recently returned from a previous spell out and the other the oldest player in the squad who is clearly physically in decline and looks to have been carrying an injury for weeks. Aye it seems the warm ups are an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambopilms Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Do we have the same sports science fitness team as a few seasons back ? Or did Robbie bring his own team ? Fitness is clearly an issue and was from day one of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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