TheAlmightyFloater
Player Valuation: £30m
From The Guardian (Regarding Leicester's success):
"Good fortune has played a part in their injury record and made it easy for Ranieri to pick the same team, yet pinning everything on luck overlooks the expertise and technology within the medical and sports science departments at Leicester, where Dave Rennie, the head physio, and Reeves leave no stone unturned.
The club has invested in a Cryo Chamber unit, where players are exposed to temperatures of -135 degrees to aid their recovery. They use other technology that is more commonplace at the highest level, such as the Catapult GPS systemand Polar Team2 heart-rate monitors, regularly issue electronic questionnaires to gauge everything from energy levels to sleep patterns but, perhaps most importantly of all, strive to create an environment where everybody talks to each other."
http://www.theguardian.com/football...tory-premier-league-champions-claudio-ranieri
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So reading this made me wonder about our own medical facilities and how much importance we - as a club - place on keeping high levels of fitness.
According to Injury League (last updated on 27 April) we're 3rd behind Newcastle and Liverpool... At least we're doing well in one competition, right?
While you can't blame injuries alone for this awful season (save it for the Martinez threads lads), surely it has played a massive part.
So I just wondered what the medical facilities were like at Finch Farm? Are we investing in the latest and greatest technology like Leicester have apparently done?
I know FF is getting massively refurbished, with an extension to the medical facilities (see: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor.../everton-hope-bedrooms-players-finch-10987788 ).
Do we know what state the current medical facilities are in? Do we know what exactly the club is planing on adding? Do we think this has had an effect on our season?
"Good fortune has played a part in their injury record and made it easy for Ranieri to pick the same team, yet pinning everything on luck overlooks the expertise and technology within the medical and sports science departments at Leicester, where Dave Rennie, the head physio, and Reeves leave no stone unturned.
The club has invested in a Cryo Chamber unit, where players are exposed to temperatures of -135 degrees to aid their recovery. They use other technology that is more commonplace at the highest level, such as the Catapult GPS systemand Polar Team2 heart-rate monitors, regularly issue electronic questionnaires to gauge everything from energy levels to sleep patterns but, perhaps most importantly of all, strive to create an environment where everybody talks to each other."
http://www.theguardian.com/football...tory-premier-league-champions-claudio-ranieri
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So reading this made me wonder about our own medical facilities and how much importance we - as a club - place on keeping high levels of fitness.
According to Injury League (last updated on 27 April) we're 3rd behind Newcastle and Liverpool... At least we're doing well in one competition, right?
While you can't blame injuries alone for this awful season (save it for the Martinez threads lads), surely it has played a massive part.
So I just wondered what the medical facilities were like at Finch Farm? Are we investing in the latest and greatest technology like Leicester have apparently done?
I know FF is getting massively refurbished, with an extension to the medical facilities (see: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor.../everton-hope-bedrooms-players-finch-10987788 ).
Do we know what state the current medical facilities are in? Do we know what exactly the club is planing on adding? Do we think this has had an effect on our season?