steelerian Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Whatever happened to coaches actually working with players to improve them? By this I mean spending hours on the training ground and in the classroom and in the gym, to improve them, physically, mentally, tactically, and more? These days managers/coaches just want to spend a fortune, or else blame the current squad for being bobbar. We have had a lot of crap managers and a lot of crap players drift through our club over the last 5 years. When was the last coach or manager who you feel actually improved an individual player? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whowantstoberich Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Too early to judge DM on this one but I think he will be capable of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HillsboroughOwlNI Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Ahhh my English not so good. I tell coaches to injure players, not improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefdave Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I wouldn't say Weaver has been a success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 We'll see next season I suppose. However, when we're having a regular discussion about current, supposed professional footballers not being able to pass the ball to a teammate....pisssing against the wind to expect anything more from this group. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 We've been signing older players closer to the end of their career than younger ones who want to learn,so not much room for improvement. As for the younger ones we don't put enough faith in them or seem to improve them either. Hence most of our players seem to regress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A E Neuman NYowl Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 The only player that springs to mind who improved while with us was Fox. He used to get caught out of position regularly until Bruce came in. Suddenly his positioning when defending improved no end and he became a decent player. Maybe you could put a case in for Iorfa but we will have to wait and see, when he comes back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 In contrast, George Hirst was a worldbeater when he was here, but ever since leaving he hasn't been able to progress further 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc_Degryse Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Bit difficult to actually coach any of the players atm given two games per week. The Friday before a match is largely match prep in training for the upcoming game, the same during the day for a midweek evening game. The day after each match the players would usually get off to rest/do rehab sessions. That gives you just two days to actually spend on coaching and working one-on-one with players, can't really do a lot with that. Even less coaching time available if you consider higher occurrence of injuries/illness this past year too. Monk improved Fox I'd say last season, one of the few things he did well in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc_Degryse Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Murphy also improved a lot last season, though Newcastle seem to be the primary beneficiaries of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppers Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 In the last 20 years we have improved virtually nobody. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosbyKitchens Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, heppers said: In the last 20 years we have improved virtually nobody. Apart from EVERY team on a bad run of form 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppers Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, CrosbyKitchens said: Apart from EVERY team on a bad run of form No win in 16 games. Haven’t won away all season. No goals in last 10 games. Welcome to Hillsborough. Please enjoy 3 points and a goal fest. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggae Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I know that Mr Moore has worked a lot with the defence especially Liam Palmer and borner. And I think palmer seems to be benefitting. He has also had Hutchinson in a few management meetings and given him more responsibility. Bad times at the minute. But we have come back from worse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 19/04/2021 at 13:16, steelerian said: Whatever happened to coaches actually working with players to improve them? By this I mean spending hours on the training ground and in the classroom and in the gym, to improve them, physically, mentally, tactically, and more? These days managers/coaches just want to spend a fortune, or else blame the current squad for being bobbar. We have had a lot of crap managers and a lot of crap players drift through our club over the last 5 years. When was the last coach or manager who you feel actually improved an individual player? Stuart Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, adelphi1867 said: Stuart Gray. Convinced to this day that if we'd kept him and given him even just half the war chest that Carlos eventually got we'd be in a far better position than we are now........................as such. Hopefully we will stick with DM and give him a half decent chance. Edited April 20, 2021 by Utah Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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