Canteen Worker
First Grader
A lot was said in the off-season about the signing of Rob Rowland Smith and how fit the team would be. Running sandhills on Baranjoey is one thing and it seems from the trials and the early season that we were very fit and conditioned.
However someone has got to ask what happened during the season. As time went on we looked flat and jaded.
Was the team conditioned to be April Premiers? What was the strategy to have us firing at money time, which the good clubs seem to be able to do. Saints were just as bad as we have been recently in the first five rounds. However they are playing their best football at the right end of the year. This must be part of the fitness/conditioning strategy as it is hard to stay fresh and at the top of your game over a 26 week regular season.
Rob R-S has a reputation of over-training at Parramatta (according to some) and I hope that didn't end up the case here at Manly.
However someone has got to ask what happened during the season. As time went on we looked flat and jaded.
Was the team conditioned to be April Premiers? What was the strategy to have us firing at money time, which the good clubs seem to be able to do. Saints were just as bad as we have been recently in the first five rounds. However they are playing their best football at the right end of the year. This must be part of the fitness/conditioning strategy as it is hard to stay fresh and at the top of your game over a 26 week regular season.
Rob R-S has a reputation of over-training at Parramatta (according to some) and I hope that didn't end up the case here at Manly.