Managing our over 30's players?

[MrMahatma]

Re: Managing our over 30's players?

This is closer to my line of thinking. Natural selection should take care of the timing - if they are getting fatigued to the point where it is affecting their performances, time for a break.

Anyone aware of any comments from Eade on his thoughts on this for the 2010 season?

But what if 'fatigue' only hits them the first week of September?

Surely we'd be better off giving them a week or two rest leading into the finals than have them burn out just at the business end of the season.

[boydogs]

Re: Managing our over 30's players?

But what if 'fatigue' only hits them the first week of September?

Surely we'd be better off giving them a week or two rest leading into the finals than have them burn out just at the business end of the season.

Yeah fair point. I'm not adverse to resting them 'every now and then', I just think resting them all at once against a weaker opponent or for an interstate game so that they don't have to travel is asking for it.

The things I saw last year with Eagle and Hahn giving us 2/3rds of not much and not being rested and the approach to the Fremantle/West Coast games are what I don't want to repeat, some have argued that Aker did just as you said last year aswell.