Running on empty? Premier League teams falter under weight of endless schedule | Jonathan Wilson
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<p>Players are not covering the distances of old – they are not being lazy but adapting to demands of an arduous campaign</p><p>There is nothing English football admires more than honest endeavour, which is perhaps a consequence of the league’s origins in the industrial cities of the north and Midlands. “He put in a shift.” “She did her job.” “He gave his all.” The language of football is the language of the pit or the factory floor.</p><p>All top-level players thes
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<p>Players are not covering the distances of old – they are not being lazy but adapting to demands of an arduous campaign</p><p>There is nothing English football admires more than honest endeavour, which is perhaps a consequence of the league’s origins in the industrial cities of the north and Midlands. “He put in a shift.” “She did her job.” “He gave his all.” The language of football is the language of the pit or the factory floor.</p><p>All top-level players thes
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