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There's a lot of preparation goes on in the close season these days though, dictated by what kind of shape you want your players in when they return.

We won't have done any of that is my overriding feeling. It really feels like everyone at the club involved with the playing side just ****ed everything off in February.
That really depends on the player, some take it far more seriously these days

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Good to see him taking that responsibility for himself.

Knowing what his head coach wants from him would help though wouldn't it. Maybe he needs to bulk up a bit, or be more explosive, or mobile, or less susceptible to injury. The kind of thing you can really concentrate on when you're not playing twice a week.

Worst case scenario you come back having worked on one thing and find out your head coach who's been here for a day or two wanted something completely different.
 
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There's a lot of preparation goes on in the close season these days though, dictated by what kind of shape you want your players in when they return.

We won't have done any of that is my overriding feeling. It really feels like everyone at the club involved with the playing side just ****ed everything off in February.
Of course this will of been done, we don't have a head coach but players go away at the end of the previous season with plans for there fitness and what to expect when they return.
 
There's a lot of preparation goes on in the close season these days though, dictated by what kind of shape you want your players in when they return.

We won't have done any of that is my overriding feeling. It really feels like everyone at the club involved with the playing side just ****ed everything off in February.
The players are all given training/fitness/dietary info before they leave for the summer. There is nothing going on at AOL right now, but there will be in a couple of weeks

Also, you don't need a head coach for fitness/nutrition work but you do need one for training, hence my post about it being important we have a HC for day 1 of PS
 
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Good to see him taking that responsibility for himself.

Knowing what his head coach wants from him would help though wouldn't it. Maybe he needs to bulk up a bit, or be more explosive, or mobile, or less susceptible to injury. The kind of thing you can really concentrate on when you're not playing twice a week.

Worst case scenario you come back having worked on one thing and find out your head coach who's been here for a day or two wanted something completely different.
You don't need a head coach to tell him any of that, he will have a personal programme already. This training he is doing himself, a lot more of players do this sort of thing now before preseason starts.
 
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The problem with this never ending search for a first team coach is… if the appointment KLD and KS make goes tits-up then there is truly no way back for them. They’ve took their time to get the “.right” guy ( their words) so whoever it will be needs to hit the ground running. No excuses
 
The problem with this never ending search for a first team coach is… if the appointment KLD and KS make goes tits-up then there is truly no way back for them. They’ve took their time to get the “.right” guy ( their words) so whoever it will be needs to hit the ground running. No excuses

Might be a good thing, as they’ll know this, so hopefully they back the new head coach in the transfer market. Can’t afford not to as our current squad was on course for relegation last season. Failure to spend this summer and we’ll go down.
 
You arent finishing mid table without anyone to put the ball in the net with any kind of regularity.

And even then, we might struggle. Clarke got 15 odd goals last season, and we still only just survived. We need more than just one goal scorer.
 
And even then, we might struggle. Clarke got 15 odd goals last season, and we still only just survived.

Even if Clarke stays (he'll be going of course) our tactics have been so obviously pass to Clarke and hope he produces some magic. You simply cannot rely on that week after week. You need to be creating tap ins and the odd bit of magic supplements that.
 
You don't need a head coach to tell him any of that, he will have a personal programme already. This training he is doing himself, a lot more of players do this sort of thing now before preseason starts.

You don't need a head coach to tell a player what he wants from him?

I mean, if we had a recognizable and consistent style, maybe that would be a good point. It seems like continuity is a word like imminent to the club in that they have no idea what either one means.
 
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