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L J accepts responsibility for wrong pre-season training last time, as it was too intense.

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/10/oldham-athletic-news/86504/latics-nine-lost-months-of-player-time

 

I wonder if he's read this advice from the F.A.:

http://www.thefa.com/getintofootball/players/preseasonwarning

 

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I think one of the benefits of having a younger manager like LJ is that he is open to new techniques and coaching styles . he has already had the balls to admit his 1st season mistakes and learn from them . in his recent interview on player he talks about a local hotel providing accomodation for the players after lunch so that they can have a rest then do another coaching session later .

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Did we have many injuries when John Harbin was in charge of fitness? That's probably the toughest training the players have had at this club. Paul Murray was out for while in pre-season but not sure about anyone else?

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I think one of the benefits of having a younger manager like LJ is that he is open to new techniques and coaching styles . he has already had the balls to admit his 1st season mistakes and learn from them . in his recent interview on player he talks about a local hotel providing accomodation for the players after lunch so that they can have a rest then do another coaching session later .

 

Forget new techniques get them running up and down Tandle Hills. :wink:

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Fitness coaches go in the same bracket as personal trainers for me, money for old rope.

 

England took a a plane load of money for old ropers to Brazil, its a fad that will change when people see through it.

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England took a a plane load of money for old ropers to Brazil, its a fad that will change when people see through it.

 

So we are to expect players to just become fit - to the level of professional sportsmen - of their own accord, without advice and coaching?

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So we are to expect players to just become fit - to the level of professional sportsmen - of their own accord, without advice and coaching?

 

I personally know someone who scored over 200 goals in league football and never had any coaching or professional advice, he knew his own fitness levels and where the net was.

Players shouldn't need an army of advisers, they need to to take more responsibility themselves.

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I personally know someone who scored over 200 goals in league football and never had any coaching or professional advice, he knew his own fitness levels and where the net was.

Players shouldn't need an army of advisers, they need to to take more responsibility themselves.

 

Andrea Pirlo smokes tabs. Doesn't mean Korey Smith should start.

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I personally know someone who scored over 200 goals in league football and never had any coaching or professional advice, he knew his own fitness levels and where the net was.

Players shouldn't need an army of advisers, they need to to take more responsibility themselves.

 

Might I ask his age or era in which he played? The game's changed, it's constantly changing.

 

Besides, it's not about knowing your own fitness levels. It's about trying to stretch the capabilities of limited players by making them as fit as possible, beyond their natural levels. It's all about those marginal gains Dave Brailsford is so fond of.

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I personally know someone who scored over 200 goals in league football and never had any coaching or professional advice, he knew his own fitness levels and where the net was.

Players shouldn't need an army of advisers, they need to to take more responsibility themselves.

Who? How recently was a he playing?

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To play at the top level these days you have to be an athlete, its not like 'the good old days.' Whether you have a specialist or not in the club providing fitness and nutrition advice, you probably don't need to if your manager or another coach knows it all. If he doesn't why wouldn't you have a professional in to do all that work for them?

 

The idea that you can just copy and paste :censored: off the internet and apply it to anyone is laughable. People read something online and think they're an expert on the subject and, as such, feel they can dismiss what other people may have trained years to understand or do. There are a :censored: load of coaching sessions and fitness sessions online but if you don't know the underpinning physiological benefits or how to apply the session you'll struggle

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I personally know someone who scored over 200 goals in league football and never had any coaching or professional advice, he knew his own fitness levels and where the net was.

Players shouldn't need an army of advisers, they need to to take more responsibility themselves.

Franny Lee?

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I remember when footballers worked nights in the mills, worked a 16 hour shift, ate bread & dripping butties for breakfast, lunch & tea, then walked 5 miles to the ground.

Then Played 90mins they did. Had 10 fags, 3 pints of mild and several shots of whiskey at half time too. Never complained and never needed anyone to tell them how to look after themselves neither.

 

Proper football.

They can stick all these radical "new" methods - just need to get back to basics; pre game pints of brewers dark, Benson & Hedges before, during & after and a real days work 6 days a week.

 

That'd learn em i tell thee...

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