rosie47 wrote:
chadwick left us at the age reo-coker is now, and by then was definitely past his best and injury prone.
Agreed. But you have to consider the physiology of the player and the style of their game and what’s required from their body.
Chadwick’s game relied on agility and quick turns and chamges of pace. Given his slight frame that is always going to lead to more strains and pulls and an earlier end to a career*. It’s why players like Ben Reeves are perceived as injury prone, when in many cases it’s just they have to ask their bodies to do a different job to many of their teammmates and spend the early part of their career working out how to manage that. Most build up their conditionning and strength and learn to cope that way, but that’s often at the cost of agitility and speed. It’s why you see young amazing young prospects go off the boil and settle into a career way below the level hoped for when they first broke through.
*-such players can’t all be Ryan Giggs and discover yoga in their early 30’s to prolong their career,