Do you know what the going rate is for a dietician? Do you know if the club is unable to afford a dietician? Do professional organisations leave something as important as individualised dietary requirements down to the players? At what point did I make any excuses? Does failing to turn up in the first 10 minutes of a game indicate an issue with firness? What do you think the word 'fitness' means?
Not having a go at you. Just seeking clarification of your points.



It's an attempt to highlight to the more simplistically minded contributors of the forum that the club needs to do more than sign a new head coach... A holistic and contemporary mindset is required to significantly improve the fortunes of the club. Would you agree?

I would definately agree yes but I would like to get the head coach in first, see what he thinks is required staff wise and take it from there but I do believe he should be given a blank canvas to appoint/sack whoever he pleases within the budget he will be given. The way I see it the last 3/4 games haven't been about the way we end games but about the way we have started them so surely this can't be a fitness thing?! Wouldn't you agree?

Junior Langi's dietician,Karl Harrison, diagnosed Junior as having a problem with his fridge door.
He couldn't shut it !!

In terms of physical fitness, I agree completely. However, their mental fitness does seem to lack something. Especially, for want of a better word, some players arousal levels at the start of each half. Now, in some cases this may be a case of not being aroused enough (and this is by no means purely a job for the coach) whereas other players, as strange as this may sound, may be overly pumped up. In this case, players can induce a sensory overload state which can result in player's failing to pick up on the necessary information... (ARGH! Promised myself I wouldn't get too technical.) Just trust me on this one. It's possible to be overly pumped up for a game. And no, I'm not subtly applying for a job.

CLASSIC

Red Preacher :

as an ex-coach (OK youth) myself, what's your answer to our poor morale?

I said it earlier in the thread but it kind of got overlooked but I watched the Vievers interview and he is just so dour, I simply can't imagine him being motivational in any way shape or form. I'd have suggested the prime person to take this kind of geeing them up pre game role was Alker but he's out of the frame so I'm a little stumped.

It's while we have experts posting in the thread, it'd be good to know which players we could perhaps do a chant for if they aren't pumped up enough.

You know, as opposed to those who are too pumped up and so make silly decisions or drop the ball.

i don't think any question on here is being sarcastic: your input shows you have knowledge into which we would like to tap.
Re morale: the issue is important as we seem so fragile. Only the sad game v Hull showed we could fight back; I am loathe to use this game as the in consistency within the team was ... words fail me.
I do have ideas (getting a head coach asap is the priority) but haven't coached since the end of the last century. So new ideas would be of interest.

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/sport-fro ... 5-23135596 I'm afraid to say that if i was a reds fan none of these people would inspire me with much confidence.

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/sport-fro ... 5-23135596 I'm afraid to say that if i was a reds fan none of these people would inspire me with much confidence.

Oh, right..... thanks for that..
Whereas no doubt you were jumping for joy when YOUR present coach was originally announced, right?
Balloon.