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[BBCSport] There have been 196 injuries in the Premier League season. That's a 15% increase compared with the past four campaigns. Why are so many players getting injured? (www.bbc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by danuvilla@alien.top to c/main@soccer.forum

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[–] empiresk@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

not enough rotation because every player is expensive so you're not going to rotate out your 100m man when every game is must win.

That is on the clubs. Top clubs have capacity to rotate but refuse to.

[–] Greaves624@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Jose whined about Europa being 2 days ahead of the Derby only to play most of his starters into the ground and refuse to sub anyone out, or give them rest. Proceeded to do absolutely nothing in either games

[–] ThereWillBeGoals@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I see this repeated a lot but it’s not true in reality. Pep and Klopp rotate more than anyone. Having deep benches allow you to do that. Clubs with shallower benches are forced to play their best XI more often.

[–] Bozzetyp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is actually only partly true, city has one of the smaller squads - though oep rotates alot in his "17" outfield squad

[–] ThereWillBeGoals@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Depth isn’t only a matter of numbers, it’s also a matter of quality.

[–] Bozzetyp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

That I agree with, but remeber that quality also allows you to use players like akanji, rico, stephen very often

[–] kucharssim@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This is a really important point that people often do not consider.

One thing is to rotate with a squad that is made up of players of lower quality than your starting XI, another thing is to rotate when you have a 100m player on the bench.

Sure you can choose to rotate to protect your players, but it's perfectly understandable that coaches that are first and foremost judged by results are reluctant to do that if rotation means likely dropping more points during the season.