[Piemuncher]

Can anyone tell me if Delial Brewster is injured or has Jack decided he's not good enough, must admit when I've seen him he looked quite threatening?

Apologies if this has been raised in other threads.

[inkyblue]

https://www.peakfm.c...oan-goalkeeper/

Listen to interview seems not fit enough

[moondog]

 Piemuncher, on 21 December 2017 - 10:21 PM, said:

Can anyone tell me if Delial Brewster is injured or has Jack decided he's not good enough, must admit when I've seen him he looked quite threatening?

Apologies if this has been raised in other threads.

Finally the question is asked of Jack (well done Joe) in this interview, got himself injured (!) or would have travelled Saturday and not fit enough, in short doesn't have the desire Jack rightly desires

https://www.peakfm.c...oan-goalkeeper/

[Piemuncher]

 moondog, on 21 December 2017 - 10:41 PM, said:

Finally the question is asked of Jack (well done Joe) in this interview, got himself injured (!) or would have travelled Saturday and not fit enough, in short doesn't have the desire Jack rightly desires

https://www.peakfm.c...oan-goalkeeper/

[Piemuncher]

Good interview, can't understand why he can't apply himself to get to the required fitness levels, beggars belief.

[moondog]

 Piemuncher, on 21 December 2017 - 10:57 PM, said:

Good interview, can't understand why he can't apply himself to get to the required fitness levels, beggars belief.

Amazing that he can't be bothered, good on Jack for taking a hard line

[Cheshunt Spireite]

It's a disappointing that younger players like Brewster and German aren't fit enough to play. Fully support Jack's position on it- if you can't get around the pitch, you can't play. You've got to wonder what's going through these players heads, currently throwing away careers because they won't put the effort in.

[CFC_92]

What I love about jack is his honesty in his media interviews. It must be refreshing to know where you stand in the squad as having such an open manager. Fair play to Jack if your not fit enough you don't play and the players that train well in the week have a chance of making the squad at a weekend. Simple man management

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Contrast such attitudes with Ian Evatt.

In the twilight of his career yet has fully bought into Jack's regime and is making critics look stupid. Very stupid.

I guess that's the difference between those that make the Premier League and those that drift into obscurity...

[60s 70s Spireite]

 MDCCCLXVI, on 22 December 2017 - 07:29 AM, said:

Contrast such attitudes with Ian Evatt.

In the twilight of his career yet has fully bought into Jack's regime and is making critics look stupid. Very stupid.

I guess that's the difference between those that make the Premier League and those that drift into obscurity...

Strange isn't how some players can't put the effort in? Bobby Charlton could shoot with the same (high) power in either foot, because he put in extra practice after team training was over, a similar reason Beckham could pass so accurately.

And yet some youngsters can't even be bothered to meet the standards set for all the team, including a 36 year old.

[Peakfmcommentator]

The extended interview is now online LISTEN - Jack Lester on Goalkeepers, Brewster, German, De Girolamo, Flores, Transfers, Working at Christmas and more

https://www.peakfm.c...e-at-stevenage/

[azul]

 MDCCCLXVI, on 22 December 2017 - 07:29 AM, said:

Contrast such attitudes with Ian Evatt.

In the twilight of his career yet has fully bought into Jack's regime and is making critics look stupid. Very stupid.

I guess that's the difference between those that make the Premier League and those that drift into obscurity...

However Evatt performances does fly in the face of Jack's insistance that you can't do the job with a high body fat percentage

[Sammy Spireite]

 MDCCCLXVI, on 22 December 2017 - 07:29 AM, said:

Contrast such attitudes with Ian Evatt.

In the twilight of his career yet has fully bought into Jack's regime and is making critics look stupid. Very stupid.

I guess that's the difference between those that make the Premier League and those that drift into obscurity...

and to think GC banned Evo from doing additional fitness work with a PT, in between training sessions, despite EVo saying he didn't feel he was doing enough with the squad in training.

[Essex_Spireite]

Surely if a player is not trying to get fit etc. it is grounds for dismissal? As a footballer, is it not your job to keep/get fit and be able to play games for the football club that pay your wages?

I assume he will be gone in January by 'mutual consent'

[calvin plummers socks]

 Essex_Spireite, on 22 December 2017 - 12:35 PM, said:

Surely if a player is not trying to get fit etc. it is grounds for dismissal? As a footballer, is it not your job to keep/get fit and be able to play games for the football club that pay your wages?

I assume he will be gone in January by 'mutual consent'

Usually fines for failing set fitness targets

[Siberian Spireite]

 CFC_92, on 22 December 2017 - 12:16 AM, said:

What I love about jack is his honesty in his media interviews. It must be refreshing to know where you stand in the squad as having such an open manager. Fair play to Jack if your not fit enough you don't play and the players that train well in the week have a chance of making the squad at a weekend. Simple man management

Agreed. One of the few managers whose interviews are worth listening to, and who does not make me just think they are mouthing cliches, platitudes or outright bull.

[ELTON 2020]

 Siberian Spireite, on 22 December 2017 - 01:25 PM, said:

Agreed. One of the few managers whose interviews are worth listening to, and who does not make me just think they are mouthing cliches, platitudes or outright bull.

Indeed. Lester has made a very diplomatic statement about players getting themselves fit and then actually making an impact.

[Albert Holmes Slides In]

Why do we employ all these people whose job is to get players fit, if they don't do it?

Why do we continue to employ players if they are not fit enough to play?

If I was employed to write a column and could manage only two lines I'd be expecting the sack. If after two lines my work was so bad it couldn't be published I'd also expect the sack. The entire job of a player is to play. That clearly involves being able to play 90 minutes at the level the club requires.

For that reason I think, like Damian Green's computer, there has to be more to this than meets the eye and the more we are told the more questions it raises.

However, I do agree Steve Kendall 1982 on the question of making an impact. Eventually players do have to come through and do it. But nine minutes for Ricky German is reminiscent of Kevin Hector getting three minutes to save the World Cup.

I'm all for Jack Lester, but he did enough dodgy stuff in his own career to be able to offer a wise and understanding ear to players who are becoming men and still acting like boys. If he can charm so many cynical and crumbly old fans, surely he has the ability to have these young lads running through a brick wall to play for him IF HE THINKS THEY HAVE A FUTURE.

This post has been edited by Albert Holmes Slides In: 22 December 2017 - 05:14 PM

[Lincs Spireite]

Cynical and crumbly ? , speak for yourself.

This post has been edited by Bowzer spirey: 22 December 2017 - 05:30 PM