Brizo
12-04-2010, 04:27 PM
In one of his recent interviews Yogi said that he didnt see why the players couldnt come into EM from 9 till 3 every working day and he couldnt see why they only spent a couple of hours there each day.
I was under the impression that they would be spending a considerable amount of time there over and above training sessions. I thought that as well as providing our own purpose built pitches the gym , rehabilitation , catering and relaxation facilities were there to keep the players together as a group for something akin to what to us mere mortals is a working day. That the facilities were there to allow them to work as individuals on their fitness and well being before and after team training. And to get them away from the traditional Scottish culture of players bolting for the bookies or snookerhall once the morning training sesh was over.
Per Yogis own admission that isnt happening. Simple question. Why not ?
My understanding is that players arent contracted for say a 20 hour week , they are contracted for a period of years during which the club can ask them to report in when they want them to attend. EM was meant to help improve performance and technique but since it opened weve watched hoofball under Mixu and half a season of hoofball under Yogi ;and there are first team regulars whose lack of technique is plain to see. EM was meant to improve fitness but we have players with little stamina and players so easily brushed off the ball that it appears theyve never seen the state of the art gym equipment JC had installed based on his time in France and at Fulham.
If ever there was a time when our squad needed to fully utilise these fantastic facilities its been over the last three months and yet per Yogis own admission they havent.
Training facilities are only as effective as the management and players commitment to using them. For all his talk of sports science etc Yogi obviously isnt using them to their full potential. Is it all a bit too snobby and a bit too JC for him ? For all his wideo persona is he strong enough to get them to come in every day from 9 till 3. And do what JC failed to do , get professional sportsmen to train professionally
As for the players is there a billy big time mentality where even journeymen think theyve made it and dont need to strive to improve. Or a club culture where the players have been allowed to call the shots in the past which prevents a coach imposing a stricter regime.
Just my thoughts. Im not in the know and dont pretend to be. But per Yogis own words those fantastic facilities which cost millions of pounds are being used by the first team squad for just a couple of hours a day. I would have thought that in good times and bad our first team squad would have been utilising this massive investment to a far greater degree than that ?
I was under the impression that they would be spending a considerable amount of time there over and above training sessions. I thought that as well as providing our own purpose built pitches the gym , rehabilitation , catering and relaxation facilities were there to keep the players together as a group for something akin to what to us mere mortals is a working day. That the facilities were there to allow them to work as individuals on their fitness and well being before and after team training. And to get them away from the traditional Scottish culture of players bolting for the bookies or snookerhall once the morning training sesh was over.
Per Yogis own admission that isnt happening. Simple question. Why not ?
My understanding is that players arent contracted for say a 20 hour week , they are contracted for a period of years during which the club can ask them to report in when they want them to attend. EM was meant to help improve performance and technique but since it opened weve watched hoofball under Mixu and half a season of hoofball under Yogi ;and there are first team regulars whose lack of technique is plain to see. EM was meant to improve fitness but we have players with little stamina and players so easily brushed off the ball that it appears theyve never seen the state of the art gym equipment JC had installed based on his time in France and at Fulham.
If ever there was a time when our squad needed to fully utilise these fantastic facilities its been over the last three months and yet per Yogis own admission they havent.
Training facilities are only as effective as the management and players commitment to using them. For all his talk of sports science etc Yogi obviously isnt using them to their full potential. Is it all a bit too snobby and a bit too JC for him ? For all his wideo persona is he strong enough to get them to come in every day from 9 till 3. And do what JC failed to do , get professional sportsmen to train professionally
As for the players is there a billy big time mentality where even journeymen think theyve made it and dont need to strive to improve. Or a club culture where the players have been allowed to call the shots in the past which prevents a coach imposing a stricter regime.
Just my thoughts. Im not in the know and dont pretend to be. But per Yogis own words those fantastic facilities which cost millions of pounds are being used by the first team squad for just a couple of hours a day. I would have thought that in good times and bad our first team squad would have been utilising this massive investment to a far greater degree than that ?