As I mentioned elsewhere, Zawada was very complimentary in his interview to Polish TV about the facilities at the Nix.
After all is said and done, having very good facilities should translate into tangible results: perhaps greater fitness, or shorter recovery time, or fewer injuries? Do we see any correlation between winning performances (over time) and quality of facilities, across the A-League?
After all is said and done, having very good facilities should translate into tangible results: perhaps greater fitness, or shorter recovery time, or fewer injuries? Do we see any correlation between winning performances (over time) and quality of facilities, across the A-League?
It does feel this season that the Nix have been fortunate re very few injuries. No doubt I'm forgetting someone but seems only Zawada has been out for any length of time? So maybe the NZCIT facilities are really helping in that regard.
I remember a few seasons ago (still based in Aus due to Covid) the Nix had about 6-7 first team starters out all at once for a few weeks, and got flogged every 2nd week it seemed, with an understrength team. Was exacerbated at the time as from memory the team were playing a number of midweek catch up games (short turnarounds).
This year it does seem a very stable starting lineup from about 12-13 players. Minimal changes week to week.