Quote ="Lockers700"Fair play to the guy for the efforts he put in last season, even more so if he went the extra mile & funded extra training. However, I can’t help but think it’s a poor reflection of the conditioning at the club that he’s had to take this step.
Best wishes to JC for next season, always nice to see one of our own doing the business.'"
That's a very strange thing to say.I wouldn't have bothered posting that point if I thought someone would use it against the club, then again I should have known
I can't think of any profession or activity where to get to the very top you don't do extracurricular work. Whether that be a night school class, extra time at the driving range or picking up an HGV license just in case. Do you think that all the stars of this that and the other have not done stuff off their own bat to get on, of course not? All students who are serious do extra studying, homework as we called it.
The club/employer has an equal obligation to all employees, how on earth would you expect them to find the time and resources to offer further training beyond what they probably already do to individuals? The club will offer a fairly generic physical training regime to all whilst spending most of its time and effort on drills and skills. It's up to the player to enhance himself further if he sees the need, JC clearly wanted to do so.
You wouldn't expect Amazon to train its drivers to drive faster and read maps better so they could deliver more parcels in an hour and thus earn a better peacetime rate, they only expect them to what's required anything else is a bonus too both. It's called pushing yourself, it's not obligatory but to be the very best it is a necessity IMNO unless of course, you are ridiculously gifted, I don't think JC thinks that.
Why you think that reflects on the clubs conditioning baffles me, they gave him what they felt was needed, JC felt he needed more. Good for him and good for the club for recognising it.