Warrior Winger wrote:
At what point are we going to stop mentioning the WCC hangover, what is the actual hangover from it, yes it was a tough game defensively but that was weeks ago now, if they have not recovered within a couple of weeks then the S&C staff are doing something wrong, time to stop mentioning Penrith and the WCC and just focus on the team taking to the pitch, conditions and the opposition
It’s not just what goes on, on the pitch, it’s to do with peaking the players at the right time.
Peet mentioned a few times during the off season they would look to peak for the WCC game. Training would be different more intense and demanding over a sustained period of weeks prior to that game much different to how they would normally go into a season.
It’s possible to peak 2-3 times over the course of the season. With all things after a peak there needs to be a trough to assist recovery and get the bodies back on track.
I think training intensity will have dropped off for the last few weeks post Penrith which is reflected in our lethargic performances.
I think it will have been ramped up again, but not to pre Penrith levels, prior to this match.
I think we will have looked at the fixtures post Penrith and used it as a deliberate active recovery period post the WCC.