Preseason

[goope]

"We used to do preseason. Now we tour." - Pep Guardiola, summer 2011

Is the lack of preparation in the preseason to blame for the injuries (Alexis twice, Pique, Iniesta)?
Is the preseason which was more a tour than a proper preparation to blame on Rosell?

 

[Barcafan 2304]

One thing is for certain, we need to look at this. This season's pre-season preparations were poor

 

[goope]

Update: Pique back, Puyol out again, Afellay out, Cesc out, Abidal out. Alexis and Iniesta still injured.
Seriously, this isn't a coincident.

 

[jayzsa]

Definitively, it cant be a coincidence. If you look at last season, there were hardly any injuries.
Now there are a lot of them, which points to intense physical training normally done in preseason , which is now done during the season, to get the fitness levels up.

 

[Barcaman]

Bulk of our players had a summer off with no international matches so it is kinda odd that we have so many injuries and that we entered the season so far back in fitness preparation.
Besides, every major team has tours and we can't really moan about that.

If there's anyone to blame it's someone among Barca technical staff that made some poor decisions related to summer break and pre-season.