Tomorrows' game will kick off at a temperature of 30degrees C. Good training for Qatar? maybe if our players were going....
All the running around that done in a game means to me that its a cold weather game, with allowances for spring and autumn...but in this heat no way.
The EFL should allow games on days (like tomorrows) be delayed until evening, or even better not to plan daytime KO's in Aug/Sept.
Its a serious health risk (Imo-I'm not a doctor)
Or get rid of the grass and call it beach football
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Travelling fans always get the short end of the straw, personally I wouldn't like to say "that was a cracking game, shame so-and so had heat stroke and had to go to hospital" at least I caught the last train home
Thats one end of the scale though, like you say, what then becomes acceptable for the other end when it is too hot?
Give it 2 months and we will have all forgotten about our record temperatures.
I think the US world Cup saw some pretty high temps on the west coast in 94 and I recall Aldridge and Jack Charlton sweating their nuts off and rowing with 4th official re water breaks. They were probably far less conditioned back then and likely had been out on the piss in the days before and did OK.
I'd expect they'll be fine.
when I was about 12 I played in an international representative match in Spain in the searing afternoon heat, we all had to take salt tablets (I think it was salt) before the game but it was still quite alarming how much weight a bunch of skinny 12yr olds lost in just one game of football. Have in my head some lost up to a stone.
But it is an interesting question re: when does it become dangerous? Not saying tomorrow is at that point but is it at 40? 45?
I'd gamble the requirements to have more muscle etc rugby would be more anaerobically intense (power and explosive bursts) whereas football would be more aerobically intense with sections of anaerobic demand (comparatively)
Two very different sports played on similarly sized pitches but with different demands.
Depends if you mean proper rugby (League) or that other version which involves a bunch of fat men lying on top of each other for 80 minutes in the corner of the pitch furthest away from where you are sitting.
35 and below and it’s absolutely fine, as long as breaks are sensibly used.
We have played in hotter temperatures in pre-season which must help.
But absolutely agree there is a health and safety debate to be had, not just for the players but also for the welfare of the fans. Was absolutely sweltering in the lower covered end on Saturday and it wasn't even that hot by recent standards.
Players should be okay but some will suffer more than others, particularly going down the leagues. I was gonna go watch some nonleague but can't even be bothered with that (plus I'm nursing a dehydration headache from parkrun!)
I might have normally played tennis but I would have chosen to play early before the temperature reached 35ish.
A friend of my son's had his rink hockey tournament called off. Not postponed but cancelled. His mother told me that it was the national finals so they'd been building up to it all season. The parents had proposed starting early, having a long break during the hottest part of the day and finishing late. The authorities refused.
Meanwhile at the hottest time of the day whilst I took my daughter to a birthday party (in a basement) I saw a woman running and some guys playing pétanque.
Should we play in extreme temperatures? I personally wouldn't over 35-37 degrees but I think you should let the public decide whilst giving them advice on their health. Unfortunately though, we live in drastically authoritarian times.