Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
Oh definitely, just look at Arsenal. When you played, didn't the coach have you walking around the pitch in formation, and it would be stop/start as they explained things individually and collectively.
Nothing so technical. It was touch, hit channels, and outwork the opposition. My fitness levels were incredible. During pre season we would run 40 miles per week, sprints, doggies etc. Until you were sick, that's how they wanted us. We weren't rated as footballers, so to be fitter than the opposition was the most important thing. My coach was an awful individual. We obviously worked on repetition, but it was very basic stuff. Swansea had a bloke named Ron Walton, he didn't kill his players and worked more on improving them as footballers. He's Mark Waltons Dad. Ex city keeper.