Struggling for Tomorrow

[The Real Slim Azza]

Evening mail reporting on a big injury crisis . No names mentioned working frantically on last minute loans

[Zak]

Who is out injured?

I imagine Dave B will use this as his excuse when the final score is several nil to A-T-F-C............

[GTBLUE]

How come we seem to get more players injured in training than actually playing. What are they doing, freefall parachuting without parachutes.

[Zak]

How come we seem to get more players injured in training than actually playing. What are they doing, freefall parachuting without parachutes.

We pay players ~40w/yr, train 3 times a week and play ~50 games a year at 1h30 each.

75h/yr is spent playing, with 120 training sessions. So assuming injuries in training and playing are equally likely, there's a 1.6y chance of getting injured in training (where y is the number of hours in a standard training session).

hth gt.

[Steelworks End]

What are they doing, freefall parachuting without parachutes.

We can't afford them, Graham. It's only the ex-League clubs that get parachute payments.


Time to get me coat.

[The Real Slim Azza]

No word in signings. Empty bench again tomorrow? Dave . Give me a call. Ill bench so we look half professional

[Ste Story]

assuming injuries in training and playing are equally likely

I think thats a silly assumption Zak. JSL

[Zak]

assuming injuries in training and playing are equally likely

I think thats a silly assumption Zak. JSL

I also think that's a silly assumption. It just simplified the equation. Define z = y(strenuousness of training)(strenuousness of games)^-1 if you must.

[audigex]

I often define z thusly.

Even if injuries are more likely in games, the disparity in the number of hours is so great that you're still likely to get more injuries in training. Big bone-crunchers are far more likely in games, obviously, as are certain injuries from over-stretching etc - but other problems are just from use/exertion and are as likely in 90 minutes of training as in 90 minutes of a match. It therefore makes sense that you'll get injuries in training, and particularly at this early stage of the season when some players may not be fully match fit after the summer.

[Phizzer]

We pay players ~40w/yr, train 3 times a week and play ~50 games a year at 1h30 each.

75h/yr is spent playing, with 120 training sessions. So assuming injuries in training and playing are equally likely, there's a 1.6y chance of getting injured in training (where y is the number of hours in a standard training session).

You need a woman Zak. A proper dirty one.

[Phizzer]

I often define z thusly.

Even if injuries are more likely in games, the disparity in the number of hours is so great that you're still likely to get more injuries in training. Big bone-crunchers are far more likely in games, obviously, as are certain injuries from over-stretching etc - but other problems are just from use/exertion and are as likely in 90 minutes of training as in 90 minutes of a match. It therefore makes sense that you'll get injuries in training, and particularly at this early stage of the season when some players may not be fully match fit after the summer.

So do you mate, a proper trollop to take your mind off things.