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I'm wondering how many of you are aware of the reputation Stubbs has among the fitness coaching elite? Does this article from the start of the season still ring true at all? How damaging - injury wise - has his training been to the Hibs players over the length of the season?

(The boy Verheijen seems to know what he's talking about by the way. Have a read of this if you're interested, he's got some great, sensible, modern views on footballer's fitness training - http://offsiderulepodcast.com/2015/07/16...r-arsenal/)

Seems to me that Hibs are struggling with fitness at a crucial time of the season compared with Rangers, who put great emphasis on managing 'player loading' and as a result have the likes of Kenny Miller running his socks off for 90 minutes in a MotM performance against Premiership opponents, at the ripe old age of 36. It's also been vital in preserving the condition of the players we have to rely on week after week - the likes of Wallace, Tavernier and Halliday.

Be interested to read your views, guys.

Agree tru regarding Kenny Miller , he put a real shift in for 90 minutes .

I couldn't believe how tired we looked after 70 minutes at ER on Sunday. Actually being there as opposed to TV shots highlighted our players attempts to get round the field off the ball. I have a feeling the play offs may be 4 / 6 games too many for a very tired looking side. Going for a few days training in sunny Spain is not going to be the answer. Add to that Dylan McG is unlikely to get through a full 90 minutes and things don't look too rosy.

A more concerning point coming out of the last paragraph was that Stubbs failed to react on 70 minutes with subs when everyone in ER could see that a number of players legs had gone.