[Albion] Interesting things you notice in "Brighton Unlocked"

[AZ Gull]

Who is the coach running the defender vs attacker drill where they have to copy each others moves? It looks like his first initial is J but he doesn’t look like any of the coaches listed on the club website?

Josh Hook I think.

 

[Winker]

JP is what we call JPVH on the pitch. Just ask Welbz, Webbo and Velts.

Cashin - "I used to be 16 when I was younger", Irish you say?

 

[Deadly Danson]

Cashin - "I used to be 16 when I was younger", Irish you say?

I LOVED that line. Obviously it wasn't what he meant but even so, brilliant.

 

[Mr Banana]

Five "guys" in 35 seconds.

That's one every seven seconds, 514 an hour, 12,343 a day or 61,714 per five-day week.

 

[GT49er]

I LOVED that line. Obviously it wasn't what he meant but even so, brilliant.

I thought he did mean it. Thought it was quite funny.

 

[US Seagull]

Georginio running around in training like an excited Labrador was thoroughly endearing.

 

[Lever]

I LOVED that line. Obviously it wasn't what he meant but even so, brilliant.

I thought that was classic miss-speak until I worked out he/they were talking about the number he wore on his shirt in the past.... still funny though.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

I noticed that the Social Media admin thinks that Veltman getting a yellow card was one of the highlights of the match.....


Which it was of course

 

[METALMICKY]

I probably over analyse the body language of the players when he Fab gives his pep talk - always after a win.....and its awkward to say the least....

Generally more "trust the process" blah blah blah speech.

So, will be watching with intent later at this

On a great night when all our moods have been uplifted speeches are still a bit cringe cliche. Still what do I know and care if we continue to get results

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Five "guys" in 35 seconds.

That's one every seven seconds, 514 an hour, 12,343 a day or 61,714 per five-day week.

Mods - please merge with the Bonnie Blue Thread

 

[Happy Exile]

Interesting about the training intensity when compared with the injury statistics in the other thread

 

[Albion my Albion]

I sometimes forget just how young a lot of our players our.

a lot of are players are.

 

[Commander]

All a bit cliche really, the fighting talk, the never say never blah blah. If it helps then great. They are young and impressionable, and cynically innocent. But can’t resist being an old codger and muttering ‘what a load of…’, which is what they’ll probably say also in 30 years time!

It's also probably partly why you aren't a football manager.

 

[portlock seagull]

It's also probably partly why you aren't a football manager.

Or one of those wankey corporate day trainers that host idea-showers

 

[Commander]

This week JP saying "We keep going. It's not enough. Monday we train and go again, all week like last week. We don't stop. We don't stop any more".

I think this is the most interesting part of it. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but along with other bits of info that came out about us not training enough under RDZ, I think that is a telling comment.

People love to say they don't know what our style is our what FH is trying to do, but whatever it is, it is clearly very different to the last Manager's ethos. And that means it is going to take a long time. So we should... trust the process.

 

[Commander]

Or one of those wankey corporate day trainers that host idea-showers

The difference is most of those people are all utter frauds. At least Premier League managers have actually achieved something!

 

[portlock seagull]

The difference is most of those people are all utter frauds. At least Premier League managers have actually achieved something!

All relative I guess, but there’s nothing worse than listening to testosterone laced spiel from a wannabe Alexander the Great, about market share rather than a pivotal moment in history.

 

[jcdenton08]

All a bit cliche really, the fighting talk, the never say never blah blah. If it helps then great. They are young and impressionable, and cynically innocent. But can’t resist being an old codger and muttering ‘what a load of…’, which is what they’ll probably say also in 30 years time!

The thing is earning the right to play, which is another cliche I’m sure you’ll scoff at. But it’s a reality of elite sport.

If you’ve got 11 men vs 11 on a football pitch, all skilled professionals, of a generally speaking equal level (which is why we thankfully have a meritocratic league system with promotion and relegation) then in theory the team with the better technical players and who are faster and stronger should always win.

But this isn’t the case, because you can have the best players in the world, but if their mentality isn’t right then they can can lose to much worse teams.

A competitive, intense, winning mentality is absolutely crucial to success. It means not coming to training hung over, staying late to train, putting everything into every sprint and taking care of your mental health as well as your physical.

There’s a reason Ronaldo became one of the greatest of all time. He’d be the first at training, the last out, and would practice free-kicks and shooting drills alone after everyone had long gone.

 

[portlock seagull]

The thing is earning the right to play, which is another cliche I’m sure you’ll scoff at. But it’s a reality of elite sport.

If you’ve got 11 men vs 11 on a football pitch, all skilled professionals, of a generally speaking equal level (which is why we thankfully have a meritocratic league system with promotion and relegation) then in theory the team with the better technical players and who are faster and stronger should always win.

But this isn’t the case, because you can have the best players in the world, but if their mentality isn’t right then they can can lose to much worse teams.

A competitive, intense, winning mentality is absolutely crucial to success. It means not coming to training hung over, staying late to train, putting everything into every sprint and taking care of your mental health as well as your physical.

There’s a reason Ronaldo became one of the greatest of all time. He’d be the first at training, the last out, and would practice free-kicks and shooting drills alone after everyone had long gone.

Bit of a tangent though I don’t disagree.

 

[maltaseagull]

That James Milner is asleep

But on a positive note, he is standing up on his own!