Continuing the discussion from Arne Slot - Head Coach (Part 1) - #10134 by RedWhippet.
Previous discussions:
First!!!
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SLOT IN!!!
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Oh well, let’s see how long this thread lasts
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In the first page!
I actually thought he had been sacked for a minute.
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You have pages?!?!?
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Will this thread get to 10K posts before Arne leaves?
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Unlike Beverley Hills Cops this chump doesnt deserve a part 2
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I’m praying it doesn’t get to 1k nevermind 10k. Don’t think I’d make it to 10k with him still rotting the place out.
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You underestimate our ability to talk pish.
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He might be sacked by the end of the season and this would still get 10k posts.
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New thread, still shit.
back to the debate at hand.
one of the issues with Slot is the fitness levels
which got me to thinking, with the players so ‘concerned’ and ‘willing to do what it takes’… why not do what 99.99999% of the football playing public do, and get fit on your own time?
im 100% sure if Macca went into the clubs fitness department and told them where his body was at, theyd set him a program, he could attend the club facilities or his own home gym, and get to those levels.
yes, of course nothing trains you as good as playing football, but in the abscence of that, you can certainly get yourself conditioned better.
the same overriding point with the happy holiday snaps…you have Dom banging on about doing whatever needs to get done or some such , after a defeat, only to flick some photos around about a rooftop luncheon in rome a few days later…
if you really want to do whatever it takes…do it…
none of this exonerates Slot, it all starts and ends with him…but if we are talking about the players themselves, well, just becuase they are given the afternoon off, doesnt mean they need to spend it larking about…
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you think that’s what salah hinted to? not just the coach but also certain players?
Because the highly paid professionals whose job it is to physically prepare the players have given them the day off because that is what they are telling the players their body needs to be ready to perform in the next game.
Amateurs do fitness work on their own time because they know otherwise they wouldn’t be ready to play. Pros largely show up, lean heavily on the support staff to do what has been laid out for them to do and then go home when they’ve got through everything. More is not better and they are being told “you’ve done enough now go and get some rest.”
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I think Salah pointed out that he helped to set the trend by doing work before and after training, which led others like Mane, Jordan, and Milly to follow his lead. He wants other players to step up to take the mantle from him.
Slot could make training more intense, of course. He could push them ala Klopp. But it also requires the players themselves to take the initiative, and that starts with the team leaders setting the example. A stronger culture of self-accountability.
It is fairly evident that fitness levels have never been where they need to be this year. The players who came up under Klopp have seen their levels decrease steadily, and the players who signed under Slot have yet to demonstrate the fitness needed for 90+ of intense, premier league football.
That’s a reflection of the coach, but it’s also a reflection of the players themselves.
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