That's why the ' big clubs ' wanted 7 subs. They can financially afford to pay multi million transfer fees and wages, and in doing so can manage players game time more effectively.

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Woodward said something like - find 100 things and improve them each by 1% and he was willing to try ideas from different disciplines.
There used to be a news item which came up every couple of seasons about clubs getting their players some ballet training to increase their flexibility which at the time caused great hilarity until they tried it. If it helps then why not?

Admittedly that's an image that's hard to erase. Vinnie Jones was a fan of the Nutcracker though.

A good point on the comparative youthfulness of the Brighton team. But: if only it were true that ‘[these injuries are helping the youngsters to get some game time despite Roy which can only be good for the future of our Club’

All too often Roy’s first thought is Sclupp or Riedewald or Tomkins while the youngsters like Ebowei are loaned away. Plus, all too evidently, our only partially fit young stars like Ebbs, Olise and JSR!

Some good points and stats here. However three of Brighton’s goal scorers Hinshelwood (1, Buonanotte (19) and Jaoa Pedro (22), all who started, were all younger than the youngest Palace starter Richards (23). To me that’s the problem. When Ron Noades asked why he should sign Vince Hilaire because he is only 17 Malcolm Allison countered that it was the wrong question. ‘Is he good enough’ he retorted.
Therein lies the problem. Roy didn’t want Eze because of age. He put him on the wing then dropped him to the bench. I suspect SP had a quiet word about the £20m spent and the rest is history. Would the 19 year old Olise have got as far as he has if Roy rather than Vieira was manager then? In a way these injuries are helping the youngsters to get some game time despite Roy which can only be good for the future of our Club.

I wont say the exactly job role as it would be easy to work out who it is.

But I've got a connection into the sports science dept at Palace. It will be of no surprise that Roy doesn't have any time for data.

And apparently the team have advised, but been ignored on the structure and intensity of training, the overtraining of some players and other issues.

Not fair to go into too many details, and impossible to say this Roy is the reason for x,y,z. But its easy to believe that he isn't cut out for this age of data driven decisions.

Finely tuned athletes playing on the edge and beyond over stretching over sprinting faster twisting and turning on perfectly watered grass pitches is all asking for trouble.
Over playing, two or three times a week in some cases. It really has become a game of survival of the fittest as the league tables show.
The perfectly shaped super fit impermeable athletes are rising like cream to the top and end up on big money at big clubs. The creme de lla creme.
Many others, not quite so fortunate end up near the top taking the hits and constantly being repaired. A growing number to be precise.
Sadly our list of injury prone players is long, but we are not alone.