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I read an article a few years ago about the progress in medicals but I can't find it. The bit that stuck in my mind was that AC Milan had done work with looking how people moved. They stuck reflective blobs on knees, hips, shoulders, etc and looked at the way they interacted. Apparently a test where young players ran up and jumped over a bar set at 45cm off the ground then had their style of jumping analysed showed with 70% accuracy whether they would suffer serious injury in their career.

All from memory but it did rather stick as it was so odd.

Vin

Jumping over a bar at 45cm??? Don't they call that the high jump?
 
You know what, we're actually really quite clever, aren't we?

We've positioned ourselves as the best 'stepping stone' club in the world, which for a club of our size and standing is realistically the smartest strategy out there, and allows us to be very attractive to the best up and coming talent in Europe, interspersed with an element of good, experienced players.

I like it.
 
You know what, we're actually really quite clever, aren't we?

We've positioned ourselves as the best 'stepping stone' club in the world, which for a club of our size and standing is realistically the smartest strategy out there, and allows us to be very attractive to the best up and coming talent in Europe, interspersed with an element of good, experienced players.

I like it.

Not sure on here we can use the usual footballing 'we', when crediting the club in this context, given the traditional annual meltdown and rampant use of plastic bedsheets! <laugh>
 
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You know what, we're actually really quite clever, aren't we?

We've positioned ourselves as the best 'stepping stone' club in the world, which for a club of our size and standing is realistically the smartest strategy out there, and allows us to be very attractive to the best up and coming talent in Europe, interspersed with an element of good, experienced players.

I like it.
That rationalises the situation beautifully :emoticon-0102-bigsm.
I agree though, its not a bad situation to be in but I suspect that we are being reactive rather than proactive as I'm sure the club would like to attract good players and keep them one day, rather than just showcasing them for other buyers when they are proven.
 
Its good as long as everybody plays fair. When underhand agents get involved with underhand clubs, they have a way of unsettling weak minded players.
That be the only concern. But we've done pretty well so far.