"joe buzooka" <krudler@no-spam> wrote in message
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> "Gilly" <gilly67@no-spam> wrote in message
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> > "Matthew McCarthy" <matmac@no-spam> wrote in message
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> > > What the hell is with this???
> > >
> > > OK, for a while there I thought it was just coincidence that teams put
> in
> > > poor performances after the Perth roadtrip- but something is seriously
> > > screwed up here.
> > >
> > > Even in the early, mid 1990's when West Coast were at their 'peak' and
> > teams
> > > got thrashed in the west all the time, they could come back and put in
a
> > > good performance the next week and win ... why is it so different now?
> > > Flight times havn't changed, in fact the time has probably reduced.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Probably a wonderful thing called coincidence.
>
> Dead right just a media frenzy . If teams use that as an excuse god help
us
One other thing... planes don't exactly 'take it out of you'... so to speak.
I find them quite relaxing, and enjoyable... I know there are medical
reasons to do with altitude affecting aerobic endurance... but fuck... how
hard is it to sit on a plane for a few hours... ?? It's not the difference
between getting belted by 10 goals in the west... and winning by 5 in
melbourne?