Fatigue Your Enemy my enemy

I have had a great response to my previous blog Why England sucked at the World Cup. The business case thanks every one. Your comment have been great. Which has given me some ideas for a few follow ups.

I have discussed Ego but other points where raised. And the one I intend to discuss here is the issue of fatigue (Thanks to Siegfried Adam Jr)

The English football league is made up of 100 or so matches and training and in the case of the world cup the players have had little down time and our rest. Combine this with playing in hot weather and any tiredness will show. Fatigue is a key issue to manage on the football pitch and in business. (please note that I am not saying this was the main reason England crashed out the world cup but just one of the contributing factor just like Ego did)

An over worked person will be less motivated for several reason, In the case of the players in the England squad this may have contributed to what I saw as a lack of pride and passion and other factor as previously discussed. After all no body preform at their best when tired. I also tend to think people are less motivated and more prone not to care about their mistakes and less likely to learn from these mistakes. Because we all make mistake we would not be human if we did not and we learn from mistakes. But we don't learn as well when tired. A further point on this issue is we are also more prone to make dangerous error and be less safe.

And as a result that is why fatigue management is important. And the England Squad may have help demonstrate this at the 2014 world cupI am no expert on this topic expect for what I have experienced in my working life. It is not complex never the less.For Example a person working 60 hour weeks will be more fatigued than a person working 40 hour weeks.

And longer hours does not always mean more productivity in fact it is often quite the opposite. There is a point in a working day were peoples productivity drops this will vary by the person. I will admit I don't know the figure/time.

But that is why fatigue management is an issue we all need to get our heads around. After all it is one of the biggest factor effecting safety and employee motivation it is that important. .

Did Hull City really lose the Fa Cup Final? #utt

On the 17th of May 14 Hull city AFC made history by getting to the final and by score twice in the first 8 minutes. Well done.

But no matter who you support they where never expected to win were they? But did they read that script ? No they went out there and fought hard for 120 minutes and gave Arsenal a run for its money.
They did themselves and Hull proud. They capped a great season in style what more is there to say.

Why is Wayne Rooney worth 300k a week?

300000 pound is a lot of money to most people. That is simple. So why does Wayne Rooney deserve 300k a week a massive per tax sum of £15600000 a year that is more than most people will ever see in their entire life time.
Let face It yes Rooney is a good footballer by anyone's standards. And you can not blame him for accepting such a sum who in their right mind would say no to it.
But kicking a ball around a field get more in a week than a surgeon does in a year or a nurse in many years. Or many other jobs were people risk their life's.
Football is an expensive game to watch and wage like this are the route case of it.

Wayne Rooney nor any other footballer does not deserves such large wages.

Do we value him and footballers in general above every other job like our nurse?
Wage like this suggest 1 of 2 things.
Either the answer is yes
Or
Footballers are out of touch greedy.

But it is certain they are over paid 

Why England (Football) Will NEVER win the World Cup Ever! (updated~)

The main body of this article may well be discussing my opinion on why England can't currently win the world cup and be all about football but is in fact also a business lesson in sorts. How ? that is simple in fact football no correction the top flight is all about importing talent rather than developing it in house the quick fix. In business that can work but can be disastrous I will let you draw your own concussion

As a English man that may sound wrong for me to say but I make no apologies for it ! Period
Ask yourselves this how many oversea players are on your football team not many or any? Only if your club is a lower league outfit can you give that statement I fear! And in truth that is far from healthy for the state of English football. Overseas players dominate the premier league and even the spl to the determinant of home grown talent. Should this be the case? NO,! Is it the case? yes!
Can anything be done about it? YES
Take Rugby league ok there are less team in the sport but there are only a few world class top teams who do dominate like in football. And England only narrowly lost to New Zealand the reign world champions in the semi finals. Not perfect but when did English football last archive this?
The point is that we have a oversea players cap in British Rugby league/ European when you consider a big chunk of the French team play for one outfit Catalan Dragons that great for unit cohesion. But I am not suggesting that for a solution only the cap. Ok you may say it break Eu law like the Fa thinks(here is a simple solution case overseas players been from no Eu country's). But how can that be the case Rugby league does it and no one bat a eye lid! 

I ask you this question when did England last win the World cup? 1966. 48 years ago. How many oversea players played on the top flight of the English game?

A few facts and Figures and question to consider

And now 2014 the figure of English players is what? (Source BBC sports)  A scary 32.26% not even a third of the players. This really is not a good thing is it. ?

Less than 1/3 of the total played minutes are by English players. 

Which Football club in the English Premier league is the worst offender? And who is the best?

Name 25 top English Players under 25 years old? And under 23? How many of Us had heard of the players on team Gb Football back at the London 2012?

Who has the best set up at bringing young English players thru to pro and developing them that is how football should look for talent not just buy it in develop it themselves ! Yes transfer are good and useful but a decent youth set up is a great asset for the club in the long and shorter term.

Will this get worse? I fear it will. And may get to a point were the England team is mainly selected from the lower leagues

And no I am not saying oversea players ruin the game they add flair to the Premier league just at what cost? A high one as it is a key factor in damaging English football in the long term. As less and less top class English player get to play at the top level. 

Those at the top of the English game at both FA and Premier league need to take a long hard look at the present situation

And if you browse the web on this topic I am not the only person saying this.

And based on the current performance at this world cup which is to be honest disgraceful my point has been proved again for this year  

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How football got the yellow card wrong

ok every sport has different rules and regs but one thing they all have in common is some form of discipline and card system. I think that in football the yellow card has no value unlike lets say rugby. What good is a yellow card with no direct effect? *(or for that matter the report in Rugby league) To be a effective deterrent the yellow card has to have a form of direct punishment  at the time of the offence. The simplest version is ?
10 mins in the sin bin like in rugby.  
Yes football fans think that the player will come back on rested and the offending team will gain an advantage in the long run of the game. Well that is simply not true! when you consider that one team will have and extra player in effect for ten mins and the other a man less so the offending teams 10 men have to work harder and get more  tired than the other side so it is and effective punishment.

This is just one example of how football is behind the times compared to other sports touch line tech and video ref in general are other areas football can improve to the benefit of it fan base

Are sporting teams to quick to sack the manager

(Ok I finally will say who is my Rugby team Hull Fc (and no I don't hate rovers I love having two super league teams in Hull it create great banter and rivarys) I ask this question after it was announced Fc will be departing with the service of Peter Gentle our Coach/manager Which I fell is far from the correct decission. It is the player who lose games and win them not the coach alone but it only the coach who goes they are a scape goat and Hull Fc are to quick to dump the boss it is one of the club flaws and many clubs in many sports suffer from this. 

Yes a bad manager is a waste of space and need to be gone but often it good manager who had bad luck who get the boot. If you manager got you to a major final and the play off in one season when no one thougth you could would you sack them because they list in the play off? 

Player miss tackle drop balls etc (rugby) there is only so much any coach can do so where does the blame stand? Player? Or Coach? 

Sport club owners always say manager/coach 

Why are the players left out this equation? They play the games. And what the boss can do during the game is limited it is the players domion not the managers. And it is were the game won or lost. 

And yes bad coaching can lead to this, but good coaching can only go so far in preventing loss the difference is the players every time. 

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