Yes the Man from Ferbane i take your comments. I understand the angle your taking alrite. And yes you are correct, a good balance of both is what is needed.
What i was trying to get across is that there is too much talk about gym work on this thread and its not the main reason for their poor performance. The reason our lads got well beaten is because they hadnt the legs and football to stick with Dublin.
No collective training before christmas is the rules alright, but i can guarantee that alot of those Dublin players were out training on a pitch, doing their own running and doing some football drills. Our lads played a few games amoung themselves which ive heard that werent taken too seriously or with any real interest. Thats coming from a player who was there and involved.
When gym work is used it has to be "sport specific", no point using fancy machines and going out onto a pitch and not being able to tackle or brush aside a tackle.
Bottom line is we have a poor selection of players for a few key positions, which are the whole Full back line, Midfield and Centre forward.