by Cool Hand Luke » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:33 pm
In hindsight I don’t think that the early start has had a big affect on our season. What seems to have hurt us is the trip to Japan. Before we went there we were on a fabulous run and playing really well, when we got back our play was poor and we went through a barren patch. Too be honest are attacking play was cr@p during this period and only are organised tactics and good defensive play helped us pick up the few points we did.
Maybe it was the fact that we didn’t win that hurt the team mentally, maybe spending a week in a different time zone in the middle of the season took some of the energy out of the players, I don’t really know the reasons but going to Japan hurt us.
The last 6 weeks or so of the season means our players are only playing once a week mostly and it means that they can slightly recover prior to the world cup.
The only thing that worries me is that about 10 of our players will be going to the World Cup and we will have early Champions League qualification matches, will they get a proper rest?
i think yes what about you