Quote Originally Posted by furns View Post
I have asked this question, the main reason is due to the hardness of the pitches here in Aus - both at the playing and training venues. The euro pitches are much softer and hence easier on legs, knees, joints, ligaments etc enabling longer sessions for ballwork, technical drills, etc
It wont change until the clubs have their OWN training facilities tailor-made for football which is quite an expensive investment for clubs who are still making losses.
If the players were on similar training regimes to the european leagues, players would be breaking down even more regularly than they are now.
Just another example of how tossers with a sports science degree have no idea and no business in Australian football

If these idiots actually have a clue why at the World Cup were the Aussies out warming up 10 mins before our opponent and then still out there for another 10 mins after our opponent has retreated to the sheds

Established football countries like Spain Chile and Holland obviously know what they are doing. We are ****ing clueless if we are doing things so differently