Kirk Broadfoot and why Scotland are so far behind the rest of Europe (NHC)

[Paloschi]

Reading this article https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...lmarnock-exit/ (apologies for the Sun link) a few things stood out as clearly wrong and demonstrates why we are so behind other nations and why the quality of the league is poor.

Alessio is clearly an intelligent guy, who has worked with one of the best managers around in Antonio Conte and worked with big clubs in Italy and around Europe. If he decides he wants to work on tactical shape surely the squad should listen and work on it. Yes Clarke was successful and has also worked with the likes of Mourinho but the best coaches all demand the team focus on shape and positioning. For a 35 year old professional to complain about this and bemoan having to run to stay fit outside of training (so he should, he is a professional) there is no wonder Scotland, as a footballing nation are so backwards. Are players expecting to turn up, have a run and kick about and go home after training? They are in the wrong job. They should be appreciating tactics and improving as players.

Coaches want to coach, not have players run around like headless chickens and put them in the gym all day. Yes it may be 'higher tempo' and 'more fun' but I'd much rather a coach who wants to work on teamwork and cohesion. That improves teams and wins games. Fitness is something each player must have as standard, the shape they are in is up to them. This is also coming from a guy that exploded an egg in the mircrowave!

I'm now convinced their poor start is more down to the players downing tools and refusing to learn the game properly. I feel sorry for the Manager. Clarke clearly did a great job and got the players playing for him, but that doesn't mean they can't be taken to the next level and become a better and more organised outfit overall.

[JimBHibees]

Doesn't say much for his professionalism that he is two minutes out the door and mouthing off. The new guy needs time that is for sure in terms of culture and language but you would like to think that an experienced professional that Broadfoot would think that a coach who had worked with much better players than him and with much bigger clubs than Kilmarnock would be able to teach him a thing or two.

[The 90+2]

Does this come as any kind of surprise from a guy that played in the Le Guen era?

[MKHIBEE]

Who is Kirk Broadfoot?

[CMurdoch]

It sounds a bit like the Cathro situation where the manager wants to play a type of football which is beyond the players ability. Think Alessio should have kept things as Clarke had them and slowly substituted his methods in.
However, there is no doubt that players in Scotland need to work harder on things like team shape and drills.
Too many of them want to "enjoy their football" rather than working hard.
Enjoyment has very little to do with well paid jobs and Mr Broadfoot will find this out if he ever has to work in the real world.

[The 90+2]

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Who is Kirk Broadfoot?

Some boy that got egg on his face.

[Since452]

Lets hope it continues for another few weeks 😉

[500miles]

Yeah, he's not complaining about having to go out running, he's saying that training wasn't preparing him for matches. That's fair.

[lyonhibs]

Annoys me even at my Sunday league level, when we spend time in training doing fitness stuff. People should look after that in their own time.

Football training should involve footballs, tactics, working on technique etc etc. I'm not surprised a troglodyte like Broadfoot wasn't a fan

[Smartie]

Sometimes managers need to be a bit more realistic though.

Rome wasn't built in a day, does he expect to come in to Kilmarnock and get the likes of Broadfoot adapting to his style immediately? Often he'll need to get a bit of tune out of them for a while before shifting them on and bringing in people who are more open to his ideas.

It's easy to blame the players for what happened to LeGuen, John Collins or here but there is normally something in the delivery from the manager that makes them not respond or be prepared to adapt.

Even whilst it's open season on Heckingbottom I always liked that the likes of Bigirimana spoke highly of our manager even after not getting a chance under him and being punted.

[Onceinawhile]

Killie's poor start?

They're 6th in the league.

[jeffers]

I'd expect players to get fit as part of their pre-season training and for it to be maintained as part of daily training. How many times do we hear of players struggling because they didn't have a proper pre-season. It's a player's responsibility not to eat crap/put on weight but I don't think they should be responsible for their own training. Our own head coach talked about players reaching fitness levels they hadn't known before, he wasn't suggesting they reach that by going off and doing their own thing.

Broadfoot is 35, an experienced pro, maybe he should have given the new manager more time to implement his plans and style of play, but they aren't much use if the players don't feel fit enough to implement them.

[CloudSquall]

Mouthing off about an ex manager two minutes out the door and admitting you are thick as ****, can't understand shapes, and just looking for a kick about to end your career probably isn't the best road to go down.

[MWHIBBIES]

Comes across as a total idiot. If I was an average Scottish footballer and a guy with that CV was telling me we were working on shape, I'd damn well listen.

[theonlywayisup]

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Reading this article https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...lmarnock-exit/ (apologies for the Sun link) a few things stood out as clearly wrong and demonstrates why we are so behind other nations and why the quality of the league is poor.

Alessio is clearly an intelligent guy, who has worked with one of the best managers around in Antonio Conte and worked with big clubs in Italy and around Europe. If he decides he wants to work on tactical shape surely the squad should listen and work on it. Yes Clarke was successful and has also worked with the likes of Mourinho but the best coaches all demand the team focus on shape and positioning. For a 35 year old professional to complain about this and bemoan having to run to stay fit outside of training (so he should, he is a professional) there is no wonder Scotland, as a footballing nation are so backwards. Are players expecting to turn up, have a run and kick about and go home after training? They are in the wrong job. They should be appreciating tactics and improving as players.

Coaches want to coach, not have players run around like headless chickens and put them in the gym all day. Yes it may be 'higher tempo' and 'more fun' but I'd much rather a coach who wants to work on teamwork and cohesion. That improves teams and wins games. Fitness is something each player must have as standard, the shape they are in is up to them. This is also coming from a guy that exploded an egg in the mircrowave!

I'm now convinced their poor start is more down to the players downing tools and refusing to learn the game properly. I feel sorry for the Manager. Clarke clearly did a great job and got the players playing for him, but that doesn't mean they can't be taken to the next level and become a better and more organised outfit overall.

I'm always amazed when I see Andy Murray go four hours long five sets of tennis full of high intensity rallys, yet I see professional footballers struggling after 60 minutes.

[SquashedFrogg]

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I'm always amazed when I see Andy Murray go four hours long five sets of tennis full of high intensity rallys, yet I see professional footballers struggling after 60 minutes.

I'm sure it's all to do with differing specialist training routines. All relatively fit people, but train completely differently and focus on their specifics. I remember reading somewhere that (as an example) 100m hurdlers often struggled to run 400m round the track to any great effect. It was all about training for the 100m. Nothing else.

Maybe not a great example, but hopefully makes the point.

[theonlywayisup]

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I'm sure it's all to do with differing specialist training routines. All relatively fit people, but train completely differently and focus on their specifics. I remember reading somewhere that (as an example) 100m hurdlers often struggled to run 400m round the track to any great effect. It was all about training for the 100m. Nothing else.

Maybe not a great example, but hopefully makes the point.

Makes sense that. I suppose Bolt would have struggled to run a 5,000 metre race, but completely different when he's got the sprints.

[Baader]

Any man who was injured by an egg I just can't take seriously.

[worcesterhibby]

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I'm sure it's all to do with differing specialist training routines. All relatively fit people, but train completely differently and focus on their specifics. I remember reading somewhere that (as an example) 100m hurdlers often struggled to run 400m round the track to any great effect. It was all about training for the 100m. Nothing else.

Maybe not a great example, but hopefully makes the point.

yes but footballers should be training to play at a high intensity for 90 mins+ not struggling after 69 mins

[Barman Stanton]

For a pretty average player I would say Broadfoot has had a pretty amazing career. Plenty medals with Rangers, few Scotland caps and even played in a European Final. 35 and still playing at a decent level. May be he is not as stupid as people make out.

[overdrive]

I remember watching him play for us in the old reserve or under 21 league with the Golden Generation. He was a decent player but left because he was home sick. Edinburgh was hardly the dark side of the moon compared to whichever West Coast dump he’s from.

[Iggy Pope]

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Makes sense that. I suppose Bolt would have struggled to run a 5,000 metre race, but completely different when he's got the sprints.

He’s also ***** at football even if he thinks otherwise.

[J-C]

He wants to look at players like McGinn, Robertson etc, work hard professionally to get to the top of their games playing in the EPL and gaining multiple Scotland caps, too many wasters in Scottish football.

[Cataplana]

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Killie's poor start?

They're 6th in the league.

The have the same number of points as us.

Make of that what you will.

[ancient hibee]

A lot of these posts are unfair.He was saying that training was too slow and at low intensity-all very valid points.

[DetroitHibs]

I’ve been listening to the Si Ferry and English version Undr the Cosh podcasts. It’s actually been quite an eye opener. So many players are more interested in going out for a bevy than actually playing. Out on the Saturday night and Sunday if they get a Monday off. Wednesday most are on it. Maybe the whole drinking culture needs to stop, are they doing this in France, Italy or Spain?

[Jones28]

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I’ve been listening to the Si Ferry and English version Undr the Cosh podcasts. It’s actually been quite an eye opener. So many players are more interested in going out for a bevy than actually playing. Out on the Saturday night and Sunday if they get a Monday off. Wednesday most are on it. Maybe the whole drinking culture needs to stop, are they doing this in France, Italy or Spain?

They probably don’t have the same fascination with alcohol as we do in Scotland.

It’s the whole culture that needs to change if we are to get out of this rut.

[HibbyAndy]

Still remember Hanlon lamping him a beauty when he was on the deck at the FF end in the box , Ref never saw it , Poetry in motion

[Is It On....]

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Who is Kirk Broadfoot?

Some guy from Ayrshire who, like his siblings all have the initials KB, was given a 10-game ban for launching a verbal tirade against James McClean.

[Since452]

Am i right in thinking Broadfoot was at Hibs as a youngster?