New School vs Old School
New School vs Old School
I'll pose a question for you all:
Which was/is better?
The days when players weren't all sculpted, but hard as nails
Or...
Todays players who are sculpted, yet are seemingly more prone to injury?
Discuss.
Which was/is better?
The days when players weren't all sculpted, but hard as nails
Or...
Todays players who are sculpted, yet are seemingly more prone to injury?
Discuss.
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Re: New School vs Old School
Forgive me, but I'm not sure what sculpted means???????Skip wrote:I'll pose a question for you all:
Which was/is better?
The days when players weren't all sculpted, but hard as nails
Or...
Todays players who are sculpted, yet are seemingly more prone to injury?
Discuss.
perhaps this:http://www.sculpted.co.uk/
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It's a funny one is that, believe it or not Michael Atherton was talking to ian Botham about the self same subject at a recent England game.
It seems cricket has the same problem, more players injured than ever, but cricketers looking the part and much fitter.
There were injuries in the old days (when players played many more games) but seemingly not half as many as is the case now, also players careers are shorter these days, not sure if all this is connected to superior fitness regimes, summer rugby or possibly the number of high impact collisions in modern rugby league?
It seems cricket has the same problem, more players injured than ever, but cricketers looking the part and much fitter.
There were injuries in the old days (when players played many more games) but seemingly not half as many as is the case now, also players careers are shorter these days, not sure if all this is connected to superior fitness regimes, summer rugby or possibly the number of high impact collisions in modern rugby league?
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More injuries in todays modern game due to the ferocity of the collisions created by the players being full timers and the move from 5 to 10 metres, to me this made our game more about physical strength and took away many of the skills many of yesteryears players had.
Wonder how such a talented ball player like Barry Johnson would have gone on in todays game\?
Wonder how such a talented ball player like Barry Johnson would have gone on in todays game\?
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Are you kidding more ferocious today i guess you never watched some of the old ones like frank foster who would have took your head off as look at you someone mentioned in a previous post bailey at leeds is a thug well he is a pussycat compared to such as rocky turner and karalius jack wilkison etc i could go on all night but unfortunatley it is all in the past so no way of comparing but my views are it was a lot harder then than nowBomber wrote:More injuries in todays modern game due to the ferocity of the collisions created by the players being full timers and the move from 5 to 10 metres, to me this made our game more about physical strength and took away many of the skills many of yesteryears players had.
Wonder how such a talented ball player like Barry Johnson would have gone on in todays game\?
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Re: New School vs Old School
Yesterdays players were harder, due maybe to more body mass and the physicality of their daytime jobs.Skip wrote:I'll pose a question for you all:
Which was/is better?
The days when players weren't all sculpted, but hard as nails
Or...
Todays players who are sculpted, yet are seemingly more prone to injury?
Discuss.
Most if not all worked down the pit, or had a building job with the council. Manual labour, which now is replaced by working in a gym which imo is not a suitable replacement.
Look at RU, the Welsh in the 70,s and 80's were unbeatable most came from a working class back-ground, then it went to Uni people, doctors and lawyers, low and behold the standard dropped.
There are similarities even in both codes, the props of today maybe faster and leaner but put them up against yesteryear props, I know where my money would be.
Look at the interchanges nowadays, did'nt have all those in the past. Technically the game has moved forward, physically I think they may have taken a step backwards.
I ask you a question? Which of todays props in SL could handle Kevin Ward in his prime?
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Re: New School vs Old School
Not Many . Todays players are to sharp but that's the way it is now .Normy Knight wrote:Yesterdays players were harder, due maybe to more body mass and the physicality of their daytime jobs.Skip wrote:I'll pose a question for you all:
Which was/is better?
The days when players weren't all sculpted, but hard as nails
Or...
Todays players who are sculpted, yet are seemingly more prone to injury?
Discuss.
Most if not all worked down the pit, or had a building job with the council. Manual labour, which now is replaced by working in a gym which imo is not a suitable replacement.
Look at RU, the Welsh in the 70,s and 80's were unbeatable most came from a working class back-ground, then it went to Uni people, doctors and lawyers, low and behold the standard dropped.
There are similarities even in both codes, the props of today maybe faster and leaner but put them up against yesteryear props, I know where my money would be.
Look at the interchanges nowadays, did'nt have all those in the past. Technically the game has moved forward, physically I think they may have taken a step backwards.
I ask you a question? Which of todays props in SL could handle Kevin Ward in his prime?
Maybe they don't want to stand down because they want to rectify the mistakes they've made in seasons gone by.
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Re: New School vs Old School
Wicksey, he would bury all of them in the first tackle. There is'nt 1 that could lace his boots.Wicksy wrote:Not Many . Todays players are to sharp but that's the way it is now .Normy Knight wrote:Yesterdays players were harder, due maybe to more body mass and the physicality of their daytime jobs.Skip wrote:I'll pose a question for you all:
Which was/is better?
The days when players weren't all sculpted, but hard as nails
Or...
Todays players who are sculpted, yet are seemingly more prone to injury?
Discuss.
Most if not all worked down the pit, or had a building job with the council. Manual labour, which now is replaced by working in a gym which imo is not a suitable replacement.
Look at RU, the Welsh in the 70,s and 80's were unbeatable most came from a working class back-ground, then it went to Uni people, doctors and lawyers, low and behold the standard dropped.
There are similarities even in both codes, the props of today maybe faster and leaner but put them up against yesteryear props, I know where my money would be.
Look at the interchanges nowadays, did'nt have all those in the past. Technically the game has moved forward, physically I think they may have taken a step backwards.
I ask you a question? Which of todays props in SL could handle Kevin Ward in his prime?
Carlsberg don't do Soldiers, but if they did, they would probably be Brits.
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No surprise at the responses so far, old school supporters think it was tougher then.
I have touched on this subject before and firmly believe the modern players have a far greater body muscle mass, the combined impact at an obviously quicker pace means the modern player receives far more damage.
I actually believe the greater muscle mass has had an impact on both the bone structure and the ligaments that surround the joints, neither of which have evolved at the pace the main muscle areas have.
The old lads though had to withstand all the skullduggery of the old game where violence was part and parcel of the beast (and indeed provided a great deal of entertainment for the fans).
In essence, I think the modern day player is equally as tough as old school but for different reasons.
I have touched on this subject before and firmly believe the modern players have a far greater body muscle mass, the combined impact at an obviously quicker pace means the modern player receives far more damage.
I actually believe the greater muscle mass has had an impact on both the bone structure and the ligaments that surround the joints, neither of which have evolved at the pace the main muscle areas have.
The old lads though had to withstand all the skullduggery of the old game where violence was part and parcel of the beast (and indeed provided a great deal of entertainment for the fans).
In essence, I think the modern day player is equally as tough as old school but for different reasons.
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I think modern RL players are a million times softer than the old school equivalent.However the current players would come out on top in a game as the sport has moved on (summer rugby,fitness etc). I agree with the post above about kevin ward though, his all round game would have been perfect especially with the interchange.
My personal opinion is that as much as the game has gone forward regarding fitness, there is a lot to look back on from the past as genuine ways to improve.
Not firstly being the fact that players back in the past didn't have so much free time outside of training. It is really a big thing, as all that free time is not really conducive to making players rock solid, durable players. Old school players used to combine training and playing with manual labour... Which made them much more durable.
In fact... Take a look at the number of injuries in SL this year, then look at NL1/NL2. Arguably the teams that aren't full time have suffered far less injuries - what does that tell you? I know, the standard is lower - but the collisions across the divisions are not much different.
To be honest the players should be doing 40 hours a week, training and playing. You can bet that most current players are doing nowhere near that. And people wonder why players aren't fit/durable/etc.
I think if the old school were playing in todays game, they would find things to do at the club instead of wasting their time stood around xscape gabbing with each other, etc.
Can you imagine the look on some of todays players faces if they were told 'go paint the seated stand'? Their faces would drop. Yesteryears player would just go 'where's the paint?'
I think the obsession with players carrying less body fat on them is also a bit of a false economy. Yes, they're faster and don't tire as quickly (though that's debatable). But the impact that the players have to put up with really necessitates (sp?) carrying that extra padding to absorb the impact. Without it, they are much more likely to get injured. Their time would be better spent making themselves stronger and increase their endurance so that they can still have that power, not tire themselves out and be able to take the hits.
I agree that todays game has become harder - but our players have not. And that's where the problem lies for me.
Not firstly being the fact that players back in the past didn't have so much free time outside of training. It is really a big thing, as all that free time is not really conducive to making players rock solid, durable players. Old school players used to combine training and playing with manual labour... Which made them much more durable.
In fact... Take a look at the number of injuries in SL this year, then look at NL1/NL2. Arguably the teams that aren't full time have suffered far less injuries - what does that tell you? I know, the standard is lower - but the collisions across the divisions are not much different.
To be honest the players should be doing 40 hours a week, training and playing. You can bet that most current players are doing nowhere near that. And people wonder why players aren't fit/durable/etc.
I think if the old school were playing in todays game, they would find things to do at the club instead of wasting their time stood around xscape gabbing with each other, etc.
Can you imagine the look on some of todays players faces if they were told 'go paint the seated stand'? Their faces would drop. Yesteryears player would just go 'where's the paint?'
I think the obsession with players carrying less body fat on them is also a bit of a false economy. Yes, they're faster and don't tire as quickly (though that's debatable). But the impact that the players have to put up with really necessitates (sp?) carrying that extra padding to absorb the impact. Without it, they are much more likely to get injured. Their time would be better spent making themselves stronger and increase their endurance so that they can still have that power, not tire themselves out and be able to take the hits.
I agree that todays game has become harder - but our players have not. And that's where the problem lies for me.
Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?
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What do we mean by tough or hard?
If you put the six so called toughest modern players against the six toughest from any team from the 50's 60's or 70's in a fight against each other the old school would win every time.
The old school were big strong tough men who could all handle themselves. They didn't have a choice, because if they couldn't, someone would take advantage.
The modern player would no doubt be able to bench press more and be quicker and leaner than the old school, but I still think the old school were actually stronger.
I would like to see the 5 yards brought back, so we could see a bit of skill to break a defense down rather than battering rams powering their way through.
Just a thought for you. Some of this weeks England team are talking about doubling up this weekend as though it is something special.
Now I remember when the floodlight trophy was on in the 70's and most of the Cas team did a full shift of hard graft down the pit on Friday before cleaning themselves up and playing 80 minutes for Cas. Not 20 minutes in the first half and 20 Minutes in the second half, the full 80 Minutes. Now that is what I call doubling up.
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If you put the six so called toughest modern players against the six toughest from any team from the 50's 60's or 70's in a fight against each other the old school would win every time.
The old school were big strong tough men who could all handle themselves. They didn't have a choice, because if they couldn't, someone would take advantage.
The modern player would no doubt be able to bench press more and be quicker and leaner than the old school, but I still think the old school were actually stronger.
I would like to see the 5 yards brought back, so we could see a bit of skill to break a defense down rather than battering rams powering their way through.
Just a thought for you. Some of this weeks England team are talking about doubling up this weekend as though it is something special.
Now I remember when the floodlight trophy was on in the 70's and most of the Cas team did a full shift of hard graft down the pit on Friday before cleaning themselves up and playing 80 minutes for Cas. Not 20 minutes in the first half and 20 Minutes in the second half, the full 80 Minutes. Now that is what I call doubling up.
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