Jerseybean Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Currently, chilling on holiday in Majorca, and my poolside book is ‘Our journey back to the heart of the game, class of 92 out of our league’ which tells the story of Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and Nicky Butt investing in Salford City FC. It’s a bit of a repetitive read, but there are two stand-out comments for me. Firstly, Gary Neville speaks a lot about the importance of creating and connecting an academy with every other element of a club, rather as we have done recently with the HPC, he makes a compelling argument for the benefits of such a connection, in essence, stressing that if young players spend their days alongside experienced professionals they learn very good habits. There’s also a section about “marginal gains“ and GN notes how overrated this concept is in the English game. Neville stresses the importance of top class coaching being far more important as this is the backbone of any player development, marginal gains are merely that very, very marginal differences, which rather blows a hole in LJ’s philosophy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 I’m reading this, but I’m not on holiday. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 I'm on holiday but I'm not reading this. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 I'm not on holiday and not reading this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just to add to the derailment... Bear Hunting by Claude Balls. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 I’m just wondering what @1960maaanis reading judging by his twitter post about eBay auctions!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I’m just wondering what @1960maaanis reading judging by his twitter post about eBay auctions!!! I just found the bundle of soft Porn interesting, I didn't bid I'm actually reading a book about (and I'll type this slowly) Colditz by Ben Macintyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Alan Bennett tells of a friend who once gave a talk titled The joys of reading. He was amazed to see Sir John Betjeman in the audience. At the end he gushed his thanks to Betjeman for being there. To which Sir John replied "Oh don't thank me dear boy, I only came because I thought it was The joys of Reading." 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: I just found the bundle of soft Porn interesting, I didn't bid I'm actually reading a book about (and I'll type this slowly) Colditz by Ben Macintyre Did you type cold tits then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Did you type cold tits then? No, but only because I typed it slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 "Toilet Paper Origami".......I promise it is a real book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 13 hours ago, Jerseybean said: There’s also a section about “marginal gains“ and GN notes how overrated this concept is in the English game. Neville stresses the importance of top class coaching being far more important as this is the backbone of any player development, marginal gains are merely that very, very marginal differences, which rather blows a hole in LJ’s philosophy! Does GN's opinion "blow a hole" in any manageras ideas/theories..? I wouldn't have thought his record stood up well enough to make his opinion mean alot & his one real role model & inspiration (SAF) was the absolute master of marginal gains & mind games -. Stating that top class coaching is more important is hardly an earth shattering view point. Marginal gains are just that - marginal..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) I'm reading Anne Frank's Diary - it's not as interesting as I thought it would be. Edited August 9, 2023 by CodeRed 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 And I thought this was a thread about why Reading couldn’t play the pre-season friendly we had arranged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 14 hours ago, Jerseybean said: Currently, chilling on holiday in Majorca, and my poolside book is ‘Our journey back to the heart of the game, class of 92 out of our league’ which tells the story of Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and Nicky Butt investing in Salford City FC. It’s a bit of a repetitive read, but there are two stand-out comments for me. Firstly, Gary Neville speaks a lot about the importance of creating and connecting an academy with every other element of a club, rather as we have done recently with the HPC, he makes a compelling argument for the benefits of such a connection, in essence, stressing that if young players spend their days alongside experienced professionals they learn very good habits. There’s also a section about “marginal gains“ and GN notes how overrated this concept is in the English game. Neville stresses the importance of top class coaching being far more important as this is the backbone of any player development, marginal gains are merely that very, very marginal differences, which rather blows a hole in LJ’s philosophy! I'm starting this one today - couldn't resist, what with a second premonition at half price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totterdown's Finest Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZumerZetSmithy Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Not on holiday and just finished Danny Wilson autobiography a good read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) Kafka - The Trial. Emotional preparation for the upcoming season. Edited August 9, 2023 by ZiderEyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Pile of novels by Christopher Brookmyre. Fantastic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Just finished Shuggie Bain. Brutal but very very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie_Red Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Not on hols but Prisoners Of Geography by Tim Marshall. An excellent read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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