Training photo's on the offol

[H4usuallysitting]

9/13.....they look like they've got the right hump and Tank is looking for his Tank 

[Apprentice to the Maestro]

 . . . and all the shots are of fitness training!

I hope they get round to practicing defending crosses and corners and a few other footballing skills.

[MasterHaynes]

Interesting, anyone else notice Diarra at the back of the group in pic 8  training with the 1st team squad.

[JBH]

I hope he is making them suffer! Lack of Fitness has been an issue for ages and is one of the main reasons for our poor form

[Black, White and Fred]

Look at 2/13 all their boots look like they should be heading to a rave. I remeber when white and red boots seemed fancy, but this is next level stuff.

[westcliff white]

what i noticed was that not in one picture are the players working with the ball. now the photos may have been during the warm up stage but from what a lot of people have said, this is what FM makes them do. Very strange

[Fulham Paul]

The hurdles drill is to build up the legs so they can get a more explosive sprint start. I am very surprised they look like they have never done it before, it's a standard athletic drill? They won't improve fitness much in such a short time. If we play the right team and manage to go 2 up they will all look fitter and finish the game stronger, it's in their heads! We all know this from our own experience which ever level we have played.

[Apprentice to the Maestro]

I hope he is making them suffer! Lack of Fitness has been an issue for ages and is one of the main reasons for our poor form

It's too late to do anything about fitness now. It needs to be done at the beginning of the season. Too much now will only mean that the players will be even more tired and slow when it comes to the next game because they haven't recovered.

What is needed now is coaching, particularly on the formation as with Sir Roy, and set pieces, both ours and the opposition's, so that we concede fewer and score more goals.

[alfie]

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

[westcliff white]

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

Agree Alfie, was surprised that no pictures from the whole session, unless.........

re the hurdles, i've never seen that in a football training session before. i am about to embark on my level 3 course and will be asking about this.

[RaySmith]

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

It's also a good moment to take  photos - with a lot of players included.

[RaySmith]

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

Agree Alfie, was surprised that no pictures from the whole session, unless.........

re the hurdles, i've never seen that in a football training session before. i am about to embark on my level 3 course and will be asking about this.

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

Agree Alfie, was surprised that no pictures from the whole session, unless.........

re the hurdles, i've never seen that in a football training session before. i am about to embark on my level 3 course and will be asking about this.

I suppose they help leg strength and jumping - to enable our defenders to clear those high balls, or to get on the end of crosses in the opposing box.

I'd be surprised if Magath was running the players into the ground, wearing them out for the game, but presumably has new drills and techniques for them to practise.

[westcliff white]

reckon your right Ray, although he has a reputation for running players hard and to the point of exhaustion. had a hill built at one club or something. anyway onwards and upwards

[alfie]

reckon your right Ray, although he has a reputation for running players hard and to the point of exhaustion. had a hill built at one club or something. anyway onwards and upwards

have to say mr Westcliff our jolly friend Mr Tigana had a hill built at Motspur I know how tough that is as I went up and down it a few times.

[ToodlesMcToot]

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

This would have to be at the beginning. We're usually lying down after about 60 minutes.  :drums:

[MasterHaynes]

This may be at the warm up stage or warm down stage, all the coaching/ball work may already have taken place or is still to take place.

hope its the warm up as none of them look like they have raised a bead of sweat