Brown Nose
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In 2007, our manager spoke about our training ground:
'They (flowerbeds) were all tatty and horrible,' said Allen. 'They had those grey stones, the ones you get at the cemetery. When you're really ill, you get a little leaflet sent through saying which colour do you want put on top of you. So we've put in nice white, yellow and blue flowers with pretty bark all over them. This is now the place to come in and make yourself a better player.'
For some reason, those flowerbeds didn't make our players better.
In 2020, our manager spoke about the new training ground:
"Going forward, you look at the ambition of the training facility because every good player wants to get better, regardless of their age. We are going to move into one of the best training grounds in the world and that is so exciting as a development coach. That is a huge selling point. In terms of development, this will be a great proposition for you here. You can come here and develop and become a real footballer".
“The players are very excited. It’s really going to be sensational to drive into work every day. The pitches, the analysis, the sports science, medicine, it’s going to be an amazing facility.
“This is right up there with the best in the world. It’s an absolutely incredible investment by the club. It’s one of the big reasons to come here. I’m a developer, that’s my life. It’s a facility where there’s been no expense spared, it’s phenomenal.
“There’s no excuse for any player. If you’re talking about influencing players to become better and improve, you need the environment, and the people in there, but there’s no excuse while you are there not to become better if you want to because it has everything you would want at the very elite level of modern football from the sports science to the pitches, to the academy. It will be absolutely pivotal to how we function going forward in every way.”
Time will tell, but this time we might have found another way to close the gap on the sides we are trying to compete with.
'They (flowerbeds) were all tatty and horrible,' said Allen. 'They had those grey stones, the ones you get at the cemetery. When you're really ill, you get a little leaflet sent through saying which colour do you want put on top of you. So we've put in nice white, yellow and blue flowers with pretty bark all over them. This is now the place to come in and make yourself a better player.'
For some reason, those flowerbeds didn't make our players better.
In 2020, our manager spoke about the new training ground:
"Going forward, you look at the ambition of the training facility because every good player wants to get better, regardless of their age. We are going to move into one of the best training grounds in the world and that is so exciting as a development coach. That is a huge selling point. In terms of development, this will be a great proposition for you here. You can come here and develop and become a real footballer".
“The players are very excited. It’s really going to be sensational to drive into work every day. The pitches, the analysis, the sports science, medicine, it’s going to be an amazing facility.
“This is right up there with the best in the world. It’s an absolutely incredible investment by the club. It’s one of the big reasons to come here. I’m a developer, that’s my life. It’s a facility where there’s been no expense spared, it’s phenomenal.
“There’s no excuse for any player. If you’re talking about influencing players to become better and improve, you need the environment, and the people in there, but there’s no excuse while you are there not to become better if you want to because it has everything you would want at the very elite level of modern football from the sports science to the pitches, to the academy. It will be absolutely pivotal to how we function going forward in every way.”
Time will tell, but this time we might have found another way to close the gap on the sides we are trying to compete with.
