I would hope Rusk leaving was at least in some part his choice, and that he had the option to remain in charge of U21s
Will Still appointed as manager
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"We're going to press high and we're going to press a lot, and when we're not pressing, we have to be incredibly compact," Still now explains.
"We have to defend the goal like it's whatever's left in our life. So we all expect a bit of dedication, a bit of commitment to what we're trying to do.
"But it's also having a bit of personality. We want to play forward, we want to get in behind, we want to be positive," the boss continued.
"I don't especially like keeping possession for possession's sake. It's little details. It's coaching players to be on the turn, to pick up information.
"What touch is the easiest to play forward? What's your next pass? How do we press? Where do we press? And it's about being as fit as possible."
"We're going to press high and we're going to press a lot, and when we're not pressing, we have to be incredibly compact," Still now explains.
"We have to defend the goal like it's whatever's left in our life. So we all expect a bit of dedication, a bit of commitment to what we're trying to do.
"But it's also having a bit of personality. We want to play forward, we want to get in behind, we want to be positive," the boss continued.
"I don't especially like keeping possession for possession's sake. It's little details. It's coaching players to be on the turn, to pick up information.
"What touch is the easiest to play forward? What's your next pass? How do we press? Where do we press? And it's about being as fit as possible."
Praise be!
"We're going to press high and we're going to press a lot, and when we're not pressing, we have to be incredibly compact," Still now explains.
"We have to defend the goal like it's whatever's left in our life. So we all expect a bit of dedication, a bit of commitment to what we're trying to do.
"But it's also having a bit of personality. We want to play forward, we want to get in behind, we want to be positive," the boss continued.
"I don't especially like keeping possession for possession's sake. It's little details. It's coaching players to be on the turn, to pick up information.
"What touch is the easiest to play forward? What's your next pass? How do we press? Where do we press? And it's about being as fit as possible."
I refuse to believe he said this, wrote it down probably but there is no way anyone could’ve understood that much with the way he talks
"We're going to press high and we're going to press a lot, and when we're not pressing, we have to be incredibly compact," Still now explains.
"We have to defend the goal like it's whatever's left in our life. So we all expect a bit of dedication, a bit of commitment to what we're trying to do.
"But it's also having a bit of personality. We want to play forward, we want to get in behind, we want to be positive," the boss continued.
"I don't especially like keeping possession for possession's sake. It's little details. It's coaching players to be on the turn, to pick up information.
"What touch is the easiest to play forward? What's your next pass? How do we press? Where do we press? And it's about being as fit as possible."
Players are going to have to up their fitness compared to last year.
Let's see some vomit during pre-season sprint sessions!
On his coaching staff and the absence of his brothers...
"I had the last word to say yes to these. I've always worked well working with different people.
"I think I need feedback and if something's not right, then I need people to tell me that something's not right. Trolls has got the experience. He knows what it takes to get out of this league and be competitive.
Adam has got that experience of a player, he's won everything there is to win. He's incredibly eager to learn and to be in and around the place so that's brilliant. Carl's still here and he's got great skills working with the players.
"I worked with my brothers last season, which was brilliant, but their family reasons kept them in Belgium - close to their newly born children. That's fine. But like I said, when I took over in Reims, it was a fully new staff to me. When I took over in Belgium, it was a fully new staff then.
"I'm used to it, it takes me out of my comfort zone and sets me on the right foot so it's interesting. The first week here has confirmed that it's good."
"I had the last word to say yes to these. I've always worked well working with different people.
"I think I need feedback and if something's not right, then I need people to tell me that something's not right. Trolls has got the experience. He knows what it takes to get out of this league and be competitive.
Adam has got that experience of a player, he's won everything there is to win. He's incredibly eager to learn and to be in and around the place so that's brilliant. Carl's still here and he's got great skills working with the players.
"I worked with my brothers last season, which was brilliant, but their family reasons kept them in Belgium - close to their newly born children. That's fine. But like I said, when I took over in Reims, it was a fully new staff to me. When I took over in Belgium, it was a fully new staff then.
"I'm used to it, it takes me out of my comfort zone and sets me on the right foot so it's interesting. The first week here has confirmed that it's good."
Also put in the youth thread Tonda Eckert has been appointed under 21 boss
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Tonda Eckert? Can't SR get anything right? We've already taken the funny sounding Austro/German name route (rabbit hutch etc). It's got to be a rhyming name now or just don't bother.
It’s okay. I hear Tonda drives a Honda.
And Eckert makes a rackert. I've got my coat (in this weather?)
Ponder this: Tonda keeps a fonder anaconda in his Honda over yonder. Will Still grows dill on the windowsill that overlooks the hill. Adam Lallana looks like a banana.
