“I watched the "Time of their lives - Blackburn Rovers" show on Sky last week. Apart from everyone saying what a great coach Ray (ex City centre half) Harford was, the most pertinent point was said by Tim Flowers. In his opinion, "the most important thing to get right at a football club is player recruitment". If you can get good players in you've got a chance, (Peter Taylor did this foir Brian Clugh) if you're poor in ths department all the coaching in the world might be needed to get back to where you could have been. Of course, assessment of player capabilities are about opinions, Just look how both Scott Kerr and Danny N'Guessan have divided fans on here. If the team wins the manager's opinion is vindicated, if it continually loses he gets to try elsewhere.
John Schofield was interviewed on 5 Live when we were having a great start to the season and just about all he said was that the players were doing double sessions. I guess he was aiming for us to be very fit but after Christmas we ran out of legs. i hope that Sutton can strike the right balance between fitness and ability. Up the Imps”

“There is a certain ability wach player has and it could be argued that he took them to the top end of the spectrum. To blame him for a poor defence is unfair and clutching at straws because he can only work with what he has got, not perform miracles.”

“and such great defensive technique we showed in the games when clark was in charge eh? so good in fact the new manger thought it best he brought in new defenders.”

“Kovac said he added to his defensive game. Could Clark possibly be teaching technique? It's not all about, running fast and hard, playing 4-4-2 or 3-4-3 if you are chasing a game, and making people want it.”

“What exactly is he good at then Jonathan - Not the fitness side, obviously not the tactical side or the motivation side maybe he was just good at putting cones out then”

“The Lincoln players would have been worked hard in Germany that is for sure, but it has to be continuous and keep on working at it.
As for confusing Shane Clarke and Simon Clark, they are quite seperate people. Perhaps we could do with a fitness coach at Lincoln”

“The story when we went to Germany suggested the fitness camp would sort us out for the season, although obviously the implication was it would be just getting up to a level the squad could keep.
Clark is a good coach, doesn't mean he is good at doing the fitness side of football. Glad to see you are mildly obsessed with me Magoo but also for proving that you can muddle your words.”

“Sorry got my words mixed up (see JR's comments yesterday for reference)”

“Surely you don't suggest a couple of days in Germany were the answer to the season's fitness issues. A non story fuelled by people with a comment for anything.”

“Do you mean Simon Clark? If you are going to be sarcastic at least get your facts right.”