gadj1976 wrote:I have a thought on why Haven's struggle in finals. It's not mental, it's physical and it has to do with the oval. It's like a rock and playing on it all year must take it's toll. Just a thought.
Few beers last night Scoot?
Interesting that you're looking at it from that point of view.Well in my 9 years of senior footy whether it has been preseason or during the season there has always been at least one bloke that has suffered from Shin Splints because of running and playing on the harder surface. These have mostly been new players to the club doing a preseason at NH for the first time but a few that have played all their footy at NH have suffered from them at some point aswell. So the harder deck definitely has it's effect on certain people.
On the flip side traditionally we struggle on the smaller, heavier grounds and the type of footy we play, which is best suited to the fast paced deck of NH doesn't adapt well enough to those types of grounds.
