Dave_Og Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Irrelevant, talking about stamina and mental toughness. Subject to about 10% of the scrutiny that top football players get. That's a test of mental toughness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 51 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Irrelevant, talking about stamina and mental toughness. Is this the game where they have to sit down for a little rest and a drink every few minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Tennis isn’t as intense as football your don’t have to run 90 odd yards slow fast, slow fast, track back, slow fast, bursts of pace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, Magic Mikey said: Is this the game where they have to sit down for a little rest and a drink every few minutes? Love this. Tennis is fuckin shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Tennis is shit. Football isn’t. That’s the biggest difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, Magic Mikey said: Is this the game where they have to sit down for a little rest and a drink every few minutes? 7 minutes ago, latics22 said: Tennis isn’t as intense as football your don’t have to run 90 odd yards slow fast, slow fast, track back, slow fast, bursts of pace 4 minutes ago, Monty Burns said: Love this. Tennis is fuckin shit. 4 minutes ago, daniel said: Tennis is shit. Football isn’t. That’s the biggest difference. Wisdom from those who have never played the game seriously. Football: 2 matches in a week is too much, when 10 others plus subs take the strain. Don't make me laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Wisdom from those who have never played the game seriously. Football: 2 matches in a week is too much, when 10 others plus subs take the strain. Don't make me laugh! That still doesn’t alter the fact that Tennis is proper shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Wisdom from those who have never played the game seriously. Football: 2 matches in a week is too much, when 10 others plus subs take the strain. Don't make me laugh! Please vacate our club and country based Football chat with your silly nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Wisdom from those who have never played the game seriously. Football: 2 matches in a week is too much, when 10 others plus subs take the strain. Don't make me laugh! I can't be arsed. I'll just upboat whoever can be bothered to tear this arse gravy to pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I like all sports but I'm not prepared to have a wank off over the pros and cons of them and compare them to my love of football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 32 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Wisdom from those who have never played the game seriously. Football: 2 matches in a week is too much, when 10 others plus subs take the strain. Don't make me laugh! Apparently in 3x 5-set matches tennis players can run the equivalent of 6 miles. (That's one week of tennis in Grand Slams) Footballers do that most games and some will do more. Often footballers will have 3 games in the same time too. That's not me bad-mouthing tennis, a sport I like, but just using facts. Comparing sports is silly as they use different muscles, require different concentration levels, different abilities etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Even in this namby pamby age I'm convinced a team of footballers could massively outdrink 11 tennis players, so that's the key point sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 57 minutes ago, rudemedic said: Apparently in 3x 5-set matches tennis players can run the equivalent of 6 miles. (That's one week of tennis in Grand Slams) Footballers do that most games and some will do more. Often footballers will have 3 games in the same time too. That's not me bad-mouthing tennis, a sport I like, but just using facts. Comparing sports is silly as they use different muscles, require different concentration levels, different abilities etc. True, I'm far more a football fan, but having watched more as my son plays quite well for his age you need to factor in many play doubles and mixed doubles matches too. Not uncommonly on the same day if there are weather issues. They're different, but it's very easy to underestimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, latics22 said: Tennis isn’t as intense as football your don’t have to run 90 odd yards slow fast, slow fast, track back, slow fast, bursts of pace Not sure we had much of that last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 23 hours ago, frizzell54 said: Sorry folks, but England are light years behind France, Croatia and Belgum. There is one positive though, looks as if we have found a keeeper. With regard to the tennis, the top pros. are far superior athletically and in mental strength to any footballer. I don't agree. France were cagey and crap, in my opinion, until Croatia gifted them the penalty...or should I say VR and the referee. I enjoyed the game though and thought France played much better after their second goal...as I think most international teams of any reasonable quality would. On the plus side, it was one of the better WC finals I have seen in a long time. I don't think it is fair to compare mental strength and fitness within different sporting disciplines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Wardie said: I don't agree. France were cagey and crap, in my opinion, until Croatia gifted them the penalty...or should I say VR and the referee. I enjoyed the game though and thought France played much better after their second goal...as I think most international teams of any reasonable quality would. On the plus side, it was one of the better WC finals I have seen in a long time. I don't think it is fair to compare mental strength and fitness within different sporting disciplines. Fair reasoned comment, I just got fed up with the mindless tosh spoken about tennis. It is a tough sport you are involved in every point and game points, set points and match points can be akin to a penalty shoot out, there's no where to hide. Whereas in a well contested football match the outfield players will only have an average of about four and a half minutes possession in the whole game, yes I know there is supposed to be a lot of running off the ball (well we hope to see it even at Latics). It is too easy to write off sports that one knows nothing about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 22 hours ago, frizzell54 said: Expected more down votes not just from usual snowflake after talking such shite Fify bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, frizzell54 said: Fair reasoned comment, I just got fed up with the mindless tosh spoken about tennis. It is a tough sport you are involved in every point and game points, set points and match points can be akin to a penalty shoot out, there's no where to hide. Whereas in a well contested football match the outfield players will only have an average of about four and a half minutes possession in the whole game, yes I know there is supposed to be a lot of running off the ball (well we hope to see it even at Latics). It is too easy to write off sports that one knows nothing about. In the 2nd longest ever match at Wimbledon there were 102 Aces and 10 Double faults. That's 112 points with only one party being involved. That's 28 games or the equivalent of 4 sets of 6-1. The combined distance covered by both players during that 6 hours + of tennis was 9.227 km. I'd expect every midfielder playing 90 minutes to beat that. We get that you like tennis but until the stats say otherwise can you please stop saying tennis is more physically demanding than football. The physical demands are different. The mental demands are different. Unsurprising really as they are different sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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