07 Sep 2015 18:58:52
Hi Eds

hope you are all well.

I look at other sports, such as athletics (Oregon project as an example) where they are very scientific and methodical in there training approach, how do the premier league clubs in general rank alongside other sports in this type of training and where would you rank us compared to other clubs?

P.S - Could you please review my Mona Lisa and due to her ethereal beauty allow her to be my avatar.

Much obliged

{Ed001's Note - first off it is reviewed and should be there. I hope. Secondly football in general is a long way behind athletics and, in particular, cycling in this country. There are so many aspects that could be worked on and improved, but I expect that will come in time as new young coaches break through, who aren't just ex-footballers with no idea about scientific training methods. As for where we ranks, nowhere mate. We are miles behind the likes of Man City.}

1.) 07 Sep 2015
07 Sep 2015 19:30:52
cheers eds,

good point on cycling by the way, very impressed with how British Cycling operates.

{Ed001's Note - there are so many things football could learn from other sports, it is quite worrying.}

2.) 08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015 06:54:52
Being from Aus, and an AFL fan, I often laugh how far behind English clubs are with sports science. The AFL has a salery cap and the highest payed players are on 1mill Australian.(like 500,000 pounds a year) and they seem to have better sports science than just about all of the top 4 put together. different sports I know, but for the money Liverpool pay for players and there wages, if they put just pittance of that into a solid sports science setup we would notice a massive difference.

3.) 08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015 08:36:03
This varies from club to club,I've been lucky enough to visit some premier clubs training grounds and see what goes on training wise,City,Arsenal and Chelsea all have pretty advanced methods,I think Liverpool is lagging behind a lot of top clubs,but I don't think top clubs lag behind the rest of the world sports.

Comparing sports in a bare form is nonsense for me,they are separated by so many variables.btw Mark,how's that ''salary cap'' working out for buddy franklin :) and don't you just love it when team intentionally field weaker sides like round 23? or you know,start up a programme of giving PED's to the entire playing group (each sport has its own merits and drawbacks)

4.) 08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015 11:02:43
A little defensive there Bob? Why can't you compare sports? Sports science is rapidly developing and we should be constantly learning wherever we can. In all aspects of the club.

5.) 08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015 13:14:08
I think ferguson was right into sport science. In his autobiography he advised that Man Utd added vitamin d supplements before it was a thing. Crazy how far everything has come.
In Australia the NRL has rapidly improved in science in last 15 years. Liverpool could do better in this area and it is surprising US owners are not investing more as it is proliferating basketball, nfl and baseball right now.
At least we are looking at mental health and player psychology.

6.) 08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015 13:19:10
Nothing defensive about it. I think when you sing the praises for something it should actually work.
The idea you can directly compare any sports with such ease Mark has is preposterous to me,there are so many physical differences,requirements etc,as well as organisational.
AFL plays 22 games a year,has roll on roll off subs,requires a completely different physical attribute to football(more hard running for 5 minutesthen off than sustained movement for 45. Teams don't necessarily play each other twice,so you get some relatively easy fixture sets sometimes,you don't win the title for being top in the league each team has its own ressie side with another 20+ players to chose from,they draft players dependent on performances,so if you lose a key player and do poor throughout the season,you get a future star in an early pick.The list of differences in each sport is astounding. The training for one sports whether it be AFL,NFL,Tennis can't just be easily introduced to another for immediate success.