You should have seen the mess the last bloke left! Paolo reckons squad he inherited from Martin O'Neill had been allowed to go soft : http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-2-1-sunderland-paolo-di-1817576 bang on
Unfit to play PDC's style, fit enough to play how MoN played, can't blame MoN for that imo, just his tactics. PDC's style is superior in my opinion though Once the players get fitter and are better suited to play the pressing game we'll see much better results imo Bring on the mags
Forgive me for quoting the obvious but different managers have different ethics, Keano had us fit as a fiddle and we won a lot of games late on cos of it. Under MON you could see a big difference in the fitness levels, lots of injuries as well which, can be attributed to fitness and the table doesn't lie. I watched us against Noirwich recently and we were a team of plodders, no urgency, no committment and no desire, we were woeful mate. I was fortunate enough to get near a tv for yesterdays game, what a massive difference, can't wait for the scum now.
Doesnt matter what tactics you play, if players are unfit, they are going to be lazy. HOw long has our squad fitness being suffering? Korea's comments about Ji? further back than that?
These are apparently professional athletes they should be fit all the time not have different levels under different managers. 4/5 hours a day and 90 minutes on a match day about a 30 odd hour week for more than most get in a year, for that I reckon I'd be able to keep myself fit.
Not played a lot mate, scored the other week. Can't comment on his performances, only seen half a game where he was on the park, and completely anonymous.
It's a really interesting one. PDC had his league one and league two sides Premier league fit. Made me wonder how much he could boost the fitness of our squad. Obviously gonna have a good go! The booze ban is interesting as well, would've thought it was a given?
Yep, and they get paid £50,000+ a week. Just look at the likes of Beckham & Giggs, they still run their socks off on the pitch, so no excuse for our lads not to be fit.
Bloody embarrassing in my mind if they are not fit for purpose!MON shouldn't have been taking them on warm-weather jaunts,he should have been there every day,making sure they were doing their jobs!!Well noticed PDC.
