Impact of Covid-19 on International Careers

pre Madonna wrote: Borussia wrote: pre Madonna wrote: Left foot wrote: As a result of Covid the 5 premier league subs has been approved, good opportunity for some of the younger lads coming through perhaps. I'm thinking obafemi, kilkenny, connolly etc That's a bizarre rule! What's the logic, other than they want to introduce it?  It's temporary until the end of this season - Same in other leagues. It's basically to counteract the increased injury risk and the increased soft tissue injuries that have been seen in other leagues that have restarted already. Why is there an increase of soft tissue injuries because of Covid?

We have played a huge chunk of the season with the three substitute rule, which has been in place since the 1990s. Some sides have to fill their existing benches with youth players and fringe players to make up the regulation number, while others will have substitutes that would walk into most other teams in the Premier League. All of a sudden, those players, who otherwise wouldn't have been introduced will be, and that can alter games and outcomes in a way that wasn't possible between August-March. Its a fundamental shift.

pre Madonna wrote: Left foot wrote: As a result of Covid the 5 premier league subs has been approved, good opportunity for some of the younger lads coming through perhaps. I'm thinking obafemi, kilkenny, connolly etc That's a bizarre rule! What's the logic, other than they want to introduce it?

Left foot wrote: As a result of Covid the 5 premier league subs has been approved, good opportunity for some of the younger lads coming through perhaps. I'm thinking obafemi, kilkenny, connolly etc

Jack Byrne, has only played 5 competitive games since he started midfield vs New Zealand and I'd imagine the LoI will be much worse affected than the PL or Championship.

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the break may actually work in players favour. the older players have a lot of mileage on the clock and the break will do them no harm. we maybe only be talking 4 to 6 months so it isn't that significant. 

50%lesssugar&salt wrote: Yeah Scotty Hogan was flying - for the first time in years.  There is a lot of hype about Conor Noss (or Noß) coming off the bench both this weekend and last weekend in the Bundesliga. The problem is that he needs to be on it to be able to come off it.

The senior players like randolph, mcclean and Long are losing ground on the younger players and each may drop down a league next year. Whelan is playing for Fleetwood and that's too low a standard even for the current position ireland are in.