Football has been intellectualised. The laptop is probably more important to a lot of managers than a set of bibs and cones these days.
There seems to be a self flaggelation when it comes to Scottish players struggling with this kind of thing though. When Carlos Queiroz 1st pitched up at Man Utd a group of senior players went to Fergie and complained the training was boring and repetitive. In that era you are talking about some of the best players in the world who struggled to adapt to new methods and new techniques.
Maybe there are situations in which the theory requires the right person to put it into practice. I had a conversation with someone in a very senior position at a Scottish club who said that the theory of Ian Cathro's methods was sound but he would never succeed as a manager because he couldn't adequately explain it to anyone not on his level and couldn't command the players respect to get his points across.
Is there any workplace in the world in which a new arrival in a senior position sweeps in, makes wholesale changes to a successful set up and is subsequently welcomed with open arms? I'm sure Alessio knows his stuff when it comes to coaching. He's unproven as a manager though and maybe that inability to be evolutionary rather than revolutionary will prove to be what causes him to fail.
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04-09-2019 07:46 PM #31PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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I'm not sure Broadfoot has said all that much wrong here really, he has highlighted his reason as it not being intense enough which is fair enough. Its hardly like Kris Boyd moaning about his Monster Munch being taken away by Le Guen. Still think Broadfoot is an @rse mind you.
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However, there must be some personal responsibility from players to work outside the collective and away from the coach. With all the resources in the world today - and especially at a full time professional club which employs professional fitness staff - it shouldn't be hard to get information on what to do outside of team training to help you improve.
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Worrying if that’s the case I was under the impression we where competitive still at that age group, I think a lack of professionalism throughout the whole game blazers to payers is still holding us back
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He seems to have made the most of his limited talent and had a very decent football career though served a 10 game ban for sectarian and racist abuse of an Irish player.
Sounds a nasty offensive piece of work once you dig a little and hardly someone who's opinions matter on anything.
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My work colleague was telling me her son plays for young Ajax and they played a young Aberdeen, and all that happened was they were kicked all over the pitch, they couldnae believe it, dont get me wrong, they thought the dons team were fast and mature but, their tactics focussed more on gettin stuck in than actual tactics.
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He was in and around the first team squad for a couple of seasons without really making an impression.
There is a cultural issue here, but imo it does show that Scotland is behind the curve. As an Italian, Alessio would probably just expect that one of his senior pros would be in shape.
Why would he not have learned his own fitness regime at the age of 35?
And Andy Murray had two things going for him, aside from natural talent - incredible drive, and the fact he moved to Spain when he was 15. When he was 19 or 20 he really couldn’t last a 5 set match, but he trained his body until he could.
The guy is just a supreme athlete and puts almost every Scottish footballer to shame.
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05-09-2019 11:29 PM #44
Sorry it’s not cultural issue at all it’s a self motivational issue. Examples like McGinn and Robertson could have hung about the SPL taking the easy option, made a decent wage, probably been the best player in there respective positions for years but they never, they had the self motivation to push themselves to the next level and then a further level in the Premiership. We need more who are prepared to work to get to that next level. Probably in most sports not just football
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The average a football player runs is 7 miles... totally different fitness regimes...
(Thats no a dig at you, loads try to use Murray as a fitness example)
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The fact that the likes of Kirk Broadfoot has been able to carve out an extended career in Scottish football is probably a better indication of why we are so far behind the rest of Europe.
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If he is our "bang average" surely we have a problem? No?
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