meme Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Quote Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce manager Roberto Di Matteo's backroom team. Steve Clarke is the new assistant manager having managed both West Bromwich Albion and Reading and been assistant manager at Newcastle United, Chelsea, West Ham United and Liverpool. Kevin Bond, who worked for Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Newcastle United, Southampton, Bournemouth and Queens Park Rangers, is first-team coach. Italian Massimo Battara comes on board as goalkeeping coach following spells at Napoli, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, Manchester City and Schalke 04. And his countryman Massimiliano Marchesi, who has worked at Inter Milan as well as spending 10 years in Saudi Arabia, has been appointed the Club's new fitness coach. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~5627279,00.html From the official site. We've talked some real hype about our new fitness coach, who has had a celebrated coaching career. Thoughts? Personally, this new backroom staff is bringing all of the good vibes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I thought he was a player signing when I first saw that, I was getting excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I thought he was a player signing when I first saw that, I was getting excited It's close enough, he will be working with Bacuna to get him to reach a value of £1bn (easily done with a day of work) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 hopefully he is just a fitness coach and not an egomaniac troublemaker like Duverne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Having looked at his website he appears to be tremendous catch for us. Hopefully the players will accept and take on board his methods, although I imagine pre-season will be hellish but worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Welcome!!! So happy the Sheikh of Muscles is on board Edited June 6, 2016 by AshVilla 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 did he do anything football related in Saudi, or just took a long vacation? The OS seems vague on those 10 years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Fitness has been a major problem in the last few years. Hope he works closely with the medical staff bringing people back from injuries in such a way that they don't continually get re-injured. I'm really pleased with this addition. Welcome, Max!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) 18 minutes ago, ender4 said: did he do anything football related in Saudi, or just took a long vacation? The OS seems vague on those 10 years! He worked with the UAE and Qatar national teams (at different times, of course) as well as at a few unpronounceable clubs with money. His website has more info, here: http://www.maxmarchesi.com/ Edited June 6, 2016 by meme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 He may prove a shrewd addition to the coaching team as our fitness has been a major problem for a number of years now. I am not going to get too excited just yet though, as for me the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so I will wait to see what he achieves with Gabby first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 1 minute ago, NeilS said: He may prove a shrewd addition to the coaching team as our fitness has been a major problem for a number of years now. I am not going to get too excited just yet though, as for me the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so I will wait to see what he achieves with Gabby first. Give him some "performance enhancing drugs" which turn out to be poison? Yeah, that'll get him my support right away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 57 minutes ago, ender4 said: did he do anything football related in Saudi, or just took a long vacation? The OS seems vague on those 10 years! Surely not many people go on decade-long vacations to Saudi Arabia (fine country though I'm sure it is). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 36 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Surely not many people go on decade-long vacations to Saudi Arabia Seen a few people on 'banged up abroad' that would disagree with that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 with all these Italians coming in....I'm hoping we turn out like Fagin at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 1 hour ago, NeilS said: I will wait to see what he achieves with Gabby first. Hopefully something like this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 gabby is too much of a lost cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, NeilS said: He may prove a shrewd addition to the coaching team as our fitness has been a major problem for a number of years now. I am not going to get too excited just yet though, as for me the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so I will wait to see what he achieves with Gabby first. Gabby likes eating pudding! I think if Gabby is still with us when the players report back Massimiliano will soon realise how well his personal fitness programme has gone over the last few months and will advise RDM to get rid (if he needs telling). As AndyBM has said above he is a "lost cause" and way beyond a reasonable challenge for any fitness coach because you need to want to get fit to get fit and he just cannot be bothered enough to want to do so. Edited June 6, 2016 by John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2016 Can't be hard to improve on our last pre-season fitness training! Hopefully a good addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Di Matteo not giving the likes of Gabby and a select few yet another chance at proving themselves will be a big indicator for me. He must be shipped out asap, regardless of physical form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSteveUK Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 2 hours ago, TRO said: with all these Italians coming in....I'm hoping we turn out like Fagin at the back. Wrong Jew ?? Perhaps you meant Shylock ? (He wouldn't need to look past Gabby for his pound of flesh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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