When I was teaching I remember our caretaker, who was a bit of an old cynic saying to me “when I come back in the next life, I want to be a PE teacher. All they do is kick around with the kids all day!” As he looked out over the playing fields.
I reckon Cox and his coaches are pretty much glorified PE teachers. They’ll have a lesson plan for each training session, and tick off each item covered. Like any class of mixed ability pupils they won’t expect everyone to perform to the same level, just as long as they do their best, so Cox can say “we had a really good training session”.
However when it comes to tactics and motivation – well I don’t think that’s part of Saturday Club!
