http://www.gssiweb.org/Article/sse-128-hydration-science-and-strategies-in-football
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............and they say football is a simple game ! The fact is, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and for what it's worth, I feel team spirit (however it is engendered) counts for way more than shades of pee (just look at Brian Clough and his ordering of players to get drinking together IIRC !)
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Ffs Stupot! I bet you read it all too. Are you the life and soul of every party or just the train spotting ones that you attend? I was just curious though about this urine test that you seem to believe so much in, what colour piss do you reckon players like George Best, Gazza, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Merson, Paul McGrath, Maradona, Socrates, Garrincha and dare I say it, Tony Adams have?
Yes, I read it all. It was interesting.
They were all great players but I think we can all agree that football has has moved on in terms of fitness and sports science since they played. Managers would not be accepting their drinking in the modern game.
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Gone slightly off topic now people, Reda hasn't been going out getting hammered every night.
Are you saying none of these players would have any impact on the modern game? Also, would you class Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho as modern day managers?
Forgot to say that there is less skill in the modern game and natural talent seems to be replaced with 'big, strong box to box athletes' Give me the 'old era' any day of the week and you can stick your protein shakes where the sun don't shine thanks.
I kind of agree with your last point, but wasn't that always the case to an extent - didn't we turn down Keegan because he was too small?
I don't think those players would have the same impact in the modern game without the required level of fitness.
Yes, both Wenger and Mourinho are modern day managers.
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I'm going to stick my 2 pennies worth in. I've just read the article. I'm going to compare this situation to Roy Keane of old. Not comparing ability but the captains role. There is no way Roy Keane would walk into the dressing room after a humiliating defeat and crack a smile. End of the day I would want our manager to instill standards and your skipper should be at the forefront of that. By the sounds of it johnsons attitude isn't good enough.
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It's not just once incident though is it though, if it was just a one off Nouble it could just be brushed off as a bump
We had it all last year, absolute fiasco with Manset, Slager, Urqhart, Seaborne, Donelly, Akpom all came under Pressley and either payed off there contract or sent back early, probably more.
Then we've got the players already here who Pressley has tried to frozen out, we had the bomb squad when he came in and since he's also gotten rid of Adams, Baker, Clarke and attempted to freeze out Barton.
Then we've got this seasons signings, Coulibaly already gone. Tudgay and Jackson frozen out by the looks of it and Miller available for loan, problems with Nouble, Johnson and possible Clarke earlier in the season. Took the captaincy off Baker, gave it to Johnson and now taken off him.
Its not that I disagree with all those decisions but the manner and way he goes about it is looking worrying, Pressley has shown himself to be a disloyal manager and having a fractured relationship with players. It doesn't promote a good team spirit or positive environment to work in which in turn affects the players performances and work rates.
He's been quite fortunate in the players he's taken on in the past have all been fringe players or not at the club for very long.
I'm wondering if some of the players didn't take kindly to his treatment of Baker and Adams in the summer, if he goes up against Johnson and Nouble who seem popular in the dressing room he risks decimating team spirit even further.
It's no wonder Pressley likes bringing through the youngsters, there just grateful for the opportunity so no problems with them, looks like to get along with this manager you either have to be Scottish or under the age of 21. What was it Barton said earlier in the season to describe there relationship, we don't really talk but we don't hate each other either or something like that. Fantastic!
I couldn't agree more. He clearly cannot deal with senior players, they all can't be complete bell ends surely? And thats my reason for supporting his dismissal asap as we are going nowhere fast and eventually this will catch us out and before we know it it Div 4 time.
Squad unity seems to be falling apart though. First this then Swanson saying the atmosphere is like a morgue.
I don't think he's being dictated too, I think it's probably a mixture of Pressley identifying his own targets (Johnson, Tudgay, O'Brien, Swanson, Martin, Madine) and Waggot offering him players saying we can get this player on short term/loan do you want him like Jackson, Allsop, Coulibaly, Hines.I wonder if it is actually Pressley identifying the players who are coming into the club or is he being dictated too by someone behind the scenes who does this side, signs them and says here you go deal with them
Just read the article....... I am sure a lot of similar things go on at other clubs however, maybe not so public though. But based on the article
- you can not gain respect by a sense of fear
- it all seems immature and pathetic to me, poorly handled all round
...but you can rule by fear.
If Reda has challenged Pressley's authority he deserves what he gets as teamwork & leadership demands we sometimes do things we aren't fully agreeing with - but we are fully behind in their putting them into practice.
PUSB
You can If that Is the norm across the Industry, but less so If It Is not the Norm across the Industry and you possess a modicum of self respect
coupled with confidence In your own ability .
...but you can rule by fear.
If Reda has challenged Pressley's authority he deserves what he gets as teamwork & leadership demands we sometimes do things we aren't fully agreeing with - but we are fully behind in their putting them into practice.
PUSB
...but you can rule by fear.
If Reda has challenged Pressley's authority he deserves what he gets as teamwork & leadership demands we sometimes do things we aren't fully agreeing with - but we are fully behind in their putting them into practice.
PUSB
Johnson articleWould someone please post a link to the 'smile' article, and also one to the Swanson 'atmosphere like a morgue' article?
The Swanson quote comes from the post-match interview on CWR on Saturday. Go onto the iplayer and the phone in show after the match and you'll find it on there. Sorry, can't remember when exactly-last 30 mins I think?
He did say exactly "the place has been like a morgue", but then went on to contradict that and talk about how great the atmosphere was. I dunno, maybe he's just into necrophilia...
Yea just went back and listened to it, said its been like a morgue and not an enjoyable place to be around, it's the quietest I've seen the manager around the playersThe Swanson quote comes from the post-match interview on CWR on Saturday. Go onto the iplayer and the phone in show after the match and you'll find it on there. Sorry, can't remember when exactly-last 30 mins I think?
He did say exactly "the place has been like a morgue", but then went on to contradict that and talk about how great the atmosphere was. I dunno, maybe he's just into necrophilia...
Yea just went back and listened to it, said its been like a morgue and not an enjoyable place to be around, it's the quietest I've seen the manager around the players
But if you rule or control by fear do you get the best out of the people you control? You may do initially but in the end it breaks down. I agree there has to be structure, that players have to carry through what is expected and to the standards set, and that some times you have to be very firm in dealing with situations. It is only natural that some times emotions get the better of people (managers and players) but you have to get the balance right.
I can understand the pressures especially after such a poor result. I do question the need to air dirty washing quite so publically, yes it might the mean fans come down on SP's side (although not all have) but the fans are not the important ones in this the squad are...... and I am concerned that the need for such control by the manager might affect other things adversely
As manager you have to lead and find ways to get the whole squad to follow, or change the squad. I cant help but think that the managers message is not getting through clearly and that the chosen solution for that is to take on any big characters head on to slap them down and it seems to me actually lose some of the control in the process. I was always told that a good coach looks at himself first if things are going wrong and doesn't assume it is everyone else's fault
We are all different and all choose different ways to handle situations ......... just do not think I would handle it the same way
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