Darragh MacAnthony REJECTS The Claim That Premier League Players Are TOO Tired & Play Too Many Games 

Rodri has played 170 games in 3 seasons and he won. Stop making excuses England

Darragh spot on

Twaterface can't help himself but try and talk over everyone

Media can’t take any criticism…. The usual

Darragh was spot on. Sam matterface with the audacity to complain about tiredness, the majority of the top players that made it into the latter rounds had played long seasons. I think we’re really seeing yet more examples a winning mentality and everyone else. The likes of modric at 38 years old, still running the brakes off younger players at one of the world’s largest clubs is testament to his desire to win. The winners in any sport go the extra mile.

Give Darragh his own show & give Matterface his P45

English media wouldn't be having this argument had they won. And Darragh is spot on. Lower league players play more games on worse pitches.

Sam Matterface got schooled by Darragh!

It was great to see Darragh bring in Bellingham and Carvajal 😂 Sam Shîtty face was trying to make pathetic excuses for English players for losing the Euros and got snapped back into reality 😂

1970's, old First Division, 46 games, small Squads, Pie,Chips and a few Pints before kick off, muddy thick Pitches , bone crunching tackles and no Rabbit food diets.

Darragh is outstanding.

Jack Grealish hasn't had much of an off-season... Well he didn't really have much of an actual season either, did he?

The most incisive, forward-pass made by England in the entire tournament was by Anthony Gordon in his 3 mins at the end of game 1 of the group stage. That was the only 3 mins he was given.

The English squad was tired because the guy in charge of picking the team played the same players every match and then refused to sub them. Its not rocket science, you win a trophy by utilising your entire squad, not just your favorites.

The claim EPL players are too tired & play too many games is BS. If you're not good at keeping the ball like England you will get tired. It's just the media looking for excuses when England play badly and lose. The Spanish league have 2 cup competitions like England. Real Madrid, Barcelona & Sevilla have played many European finals in the last 25 years and I've never seen the Spain national team look tired once.

What should be looked at is how many more miles players are running within games compared to 20 years ago

Spot on what a guy my chairman is

When he compared Ronaldo and Rooney 🤣 that guy didn’t have a comeback

What league does Rodri and Cuqerilla play in?

The guy in the middle got cooked.

I think Jude was frustrated playing out of position and by the awful negative tactics, we saw him shout at GS in the final, christ i'd be shouting at the tv from kick off of the first game! Atrocious tactics.

We've had this for years. Just an excuse managers chuck out. If we'd spent more time passing to each other instead of booting it forward, we might find it easier.

It’s a rubbish lame excuse because the La Liga has lots of games too and many of the winning Spain players played in CL and other cups too.

Darragh is top draw and knows what he’s talking about. He even put Simon in his place a few times, and he’s just destroyed matterface or whatever his name is. We need this guy on regularly.

This drives me mad, they always trot this one out. Most of the foreign players in the Tournament play in the Premier League as well.

Finally someone talking sense. Well done to Darragh calling out Matterface.

I seem to remember everyone saying england dont win because we dont have a winter break players are tired......... they get 2 weeks off in January and still using tiredness as an excuse pathetic.

Excuses excuses excuses Its utter rubbish that they could be tired. No footballer can say rhey are tired Anyone who has seen the gold miners of South Africa who go 2 kms underground, the heat, the heavy wagons, digging, drilling. They do this 7 hours a day for 5 days a week. For over 20 years Tired my foot🙄🤣🏃💪

I do agree players may be playing too many games but that’s what squads and rotation is for

Spain players aren’t complaining of too many matches, they were just much better players

Players have to run much further distances now than in the past.

What they are missing is it's very much individual player specific, not League specific to whether players are fatigued. The general UK football fan doesnt know when Danny Carvahal has had a dip in form and a drop in his overall fitness during the season because we dont hear about it, nor look into it. Where as someone like Saka is heavily analysed each match for Arsenal and a dip in his fitness or form is very much brought to our attention over here in the UK. Also it depends very much on each players position, age, the style of play, what system, training regime they have as to what their fatigue levels are at the end of a season. Look at Kane, doesn't play in the PL, but he was knackered and Injured yet he is playing with a team that dominates possession with Bayern and does less running than he did for Spurs.

Funny how they went straight to Bellingham what about Foden ? That man had no goals or assists. This media is disgraceful

This argument only seems to apply to English players, Cucurella and Rodri play in the premier league, played 7 games at the Euros and just won it. It's a BS argument, plus if they are tired then you have a 26 man squad where some players hardly got a kick.

Matterface really doesn't like MacAnthony...

I couldn't agree more that premier League players are overplayed and do in fact become fatigued. A good example of this is, look at Kante from Chelsea to Saudi, he went into that French squad fit and ready to go compared to his tired and jagged look at Chelsea.

EPL players are overrated. Seeing England deride Spain national team because they had a bunch of Real Sociedad players when they're own team is ridden with Crystal Palace, Brentford and Newcastle lads is embarrassing.

What they do is train more and training is more intense. Clubs have squads, there is plenty of opportunity to give players time off in season if it is needed

NBA Basketball players play 82 games a season minimum. Doesn't include preseason or playoffs which can be another dozen games. MLB baseball players play 162 games in a season, that doesn't include playoffs or spring training. It varies from player to player but not many players have the burden of Rodri.

Can’t lie the Irishman is cooking and I like how he’s getting onto twatterface 😂😂😂

Elite Darragh = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts

All players are tired that’s why every team in the euros were trash … apart from Spain

Why don’t you turn the comments off talksport like you have done o the messi video

For as long as I can remember, England always look slow and lethargic when it comes to the tournaments compared to virtually ever other team. It’s like they have had a big meal before the game. I actually think it is a mental thing. Is it mental fatigue no I don’t. I don’t think they no their playing strategy and the indecision makes them slow.

That’s funny cause Rodri has been saying it for 2-3 years now, but this old bloke yea he knows better. On average definitely less game time, but for the top teams in each league? They’re playing 25-50% more games. Look at tottenhams games played vs leverkusen

8:02 the average sub after 75mins?? He was making subs at half time, 56th min, 65min. Yes a few late late on but not as FIRST sub. The agenda is strong against him with zero facts

All teams bar Spain,most players looked shattered but that comes with playing for a successful league team whichever country they play in.

They run 10KM every few days at most 😂

I think Sam and Alex should stay in their lanes rather than talkSPORT turning off the comment sections to avoid hurting their fee-fees

We cannot use this as an excuse. We just have to get on with it

I'd play 365 games a year for £200k a week.

The Algarve is the best place to train !

A excellent manager gets the job done period

England were qualified after two games but if they didn’t win the group and went to the other side of the draw they were going out round of 16

The England national team coach has legitimately 35-40 premier league players to choose from so if we’re always going to use this argument of tiredness after a long season, we need to start selecting players that miss a large portion of the season and will therefore be physically fresh come tournament time? 🤷🏻‍♂️

To win the league now you have to be perfect. To win pretty much any trophy you have to be perfect. Of course all of these players can play 60+ games a season but they can't have a single % drop in their performance because it will be punished. Liverpool in recent years have been almost perfect and won 1 league title. In years gone by that would be enough to make them unstoppable. The games moved on. To maintain this level the players need more breaks. I'm not sure on injury stats but I'm almost certain this intensity and this many games is seeing more injuries for longer periods.

It’s not about the number of games, it’s the amount of rest that is the issue.

I have said that for years. This was true in the season in the world cup in Qatar but aside from that it's not true. Furthermore if you want less games u get less money as well. Lots of people around the world have harder jobs with far less pay and they have to do it anyways. Footballers complain too much sometimes

Declan Rice tho is super exhausted he plays for Arsenal nonstop amd Southgate played him 90 mins even in friendlies! He still does so well givds it his all but he is tired needs a break

Agreed, Cucurella and Rodri looked very tired!!!!

Wonder who financed that study 😂…

0:44 average… average. Teams like city Arsenal Man U Chelsea Liverpool go deep in competitions and most internationals come from the top4-6 clubs and are all playing 52-60 games a year

Matterface what utter claptrap, we are told and shown to great lengths what incredible numbers these 'elite' players put up every season. Then said players will do as much media duties telling us how much they look forward to the biggest competitions in world football.....nobody is saying footballers don't get tired and run down if they are putting alot of effort in. But and it's a big butt they are Commodities packed and sold to us (paid handsomely) on the ticket of producing extraordinary moments....which is fine when you are winning

Minutes and schedule

That's what you get when you sell out to Oil states, Americans and TNT..And btw, 80% of prem players are overhyped especially the british players

Bellingham was knackered coz he spent most of the game chasing shadows about in our own hald and trying to cover Harry Kane's position

I mean if your going to the final of tournament whilst competing for every trophy you'd say that's a alot of games

Teams who win stuff will play more, But a Prem Side who dropped out of the cups in there opening gang would only play 40

Money doesn't mean they will be less tired.

Man denies irrefutable facts and gets lauded by a load of derpy clapping seals. - There are more post regular season games than there has ever been. - There are more European competitions and games available to play than there has ever been - Injury times are longer - The ball is in play longer - The intesity of the game is far higher There are zero coherent arguments against this. Bringing up money or which players complain or don't complain isn't an argument.

If certain players are tired then rest them. That's what a squad is for 😂 It's not rocket science

Darrah is a top guest every time… 3 days next week 💪🏻

Does this take into account the increase in extra time?

' He's Dirty Tree ' 😄

They want to make excuses for England bottling the Euros typical

Daarghs billocks are bigger than Christmas

A crowded schedule and too many games are 2 different things.

Hilarious 3 non players discussing if players play too much! 😂

Can't take the money and expect to do less. Darragh is correct, and with all the medical advances and diets, and they do get enough rest it is up to the players to take care of their bodies.

They play waaay more minutes now, too much stupid extra time, like people have nothing else to do.

Why's it only the English prem players? Rodri won the whole thing. And why is it prem? Didn't Xhaka play pretty much every game he good this season? He looked fresh enough

I don’t buy it either. Even playing three games a week should be doable when that’s there only job.

God forbid they had to do a proper weeks work. Molly coddled millionaires 👎

6:07 "Darta" what the hell is darta? does he mean data?

What's the alternative... give them a Month off then they come back overweight and unfit... and will be more prone to injuries

I hate eveything about sam his face his voice his second name man is an absolute dope

Love Darragh, takes the most common sense of anyone, the fitness argument is bullshit.

Darragh is one of those dinosaurs that believes if you earn a certain amount of money a year, it's not possible to have the mental condition depression, because his da was a coal miner who worked 80 hours a week down the pit🥴

The problem is the players are simply average

The england player are to tired look at all the rest of the teams in the tournaments.fresh. and. seem to have more energy..if they haven't one for so long what else can it be.

I guess all these top managers who consistently say players are knackered don’t have a clue I guess. The number of games isn’t the problem. The gaps between seasons isn’t long enough. The players get a couple of weeks off and usually it’s not even that as there’s only 1 year in every 4 there isn’t a major tournament. Look at the horrendous injury records we had last season. Newcastle, Chelsea, United, Liverpool etc with regularly 10+ players out through injury. The argument ‘well they’re getting well paid’ isn’t valid. Being well paid is not going to stop you being fatigued or getting injured because your legs are heavy. Because the PL is so competitive, there are no off days. You play every 2/3 days basically all year round. Leagues like Germany, Spain etc have less competitively so players aren’t going 100% all the time. Fans either need to accept much higher injury records or players underperforming because they’re fatigued or accept less games. You can’t have both.

The other 2 should have just said can we discuss something interesting fella😂

😮 Dont they train 2 hours a day and play about two 90 min games a week and if you add that up its 15 hours a week they work 😂😢😢 cry me a river

Looool wow is this what we doing now since we lost . Embarrassing

Chelsea players got injured without playing competitive football

ther technically inferior as a group compered to th best teams if they wernt they would have more than 35%possesion and they would be able to control possesion like the best

Darragh 🇮🇪

They are well recompensed for playing football, ffs.

Playing Football is a privilege not a job.

Sam is just a younger English Jim white. Soft, sensitive and argues points you can tell he doesn’t even agree with