Player's training on their day off

[Vision 16,729]

GARY McALLISTER has revealed Steven Gerrard’s success-hungry Rangers stars sacrificed their only day off to report for extra training.

Boss Gerrard told his players to put their feet up on Monday after the 5-1 rout of St Johnstone.

But the management team were stunned when virtually the entire squad turned up at the club’s Hummel Training centre instead.

And McAllister insists it underlines their desire to end Gers’ long wait for a major domestic trophy.

The Rangers No 2 revealed: “There have been a lot of changes at the training ground with the first-team dressing room revamped and the eating area raised loads of levels.

“You want to create an environment where players want to come in, even on their day off.

“They come here and get probably the nicest food in Glasgow and that’s not being disrespectful to the restaurants in the city.

“They can come and have a coffee and a chat and there are always people here.

“There are physios and masseurs and it’s about creating that environment where they want to spend time here rather than come in early, train and then go home.

“It says a lot about the players’ determination to succeed that they are willing to sacrifice days off but also to all the staff who are providing the right sort of information for players who just want to be sponges

“We all want to get better at every level at this club.

“I’ve been at clubs where, on a day off, people have no intention of going near the place until they’re asked to go back in.

“When you’ve got a group of players showing that sort of dedication and willingness to get better it’s got to be good.

“We’re dictated quite a lot by sports science, which is such a big thing in the modern game. And, as a result of that, we’re having to pull them off the training ground at times.

“We’ve got a lot of games. They keep coming thick and fast but that’s why we went through four qualifying rounds of the Europa League to play against the likes of Villarreal and we’ve got Rapid Vienna coming up soon.

“We need the squad because we are playing games, recovering, playing games. The guys have been brilliant, the players have been amazing.”

 

Sounds as if the player's have the hunger and desire to hopefully win something this season.

Eye of the tiger.

 

[Sparkle 53,557]

Great to hear that ?

[SuperLeeMcCulloch 2,330]

Good read that and very positive as well, weve come a long way since the Nando's day's it seems.

[Vision 16,729]

1 minute ago, SuperLeeMcCulloch said:

Good read that and very positive as well, weve come a long way since the Nando's day's it seems.

Happy days man, we're only gonna get better.

[Brackley Bluenose 4,479]

Wow that’s says a lot to me and most importantly not just three or four virtually the whole squad. What a turn around we’ve had in such a short time. 

[.Williamson. 82,140]

The blow out when we win the league again will be unbelievable.

As cheesy as it sounds we will be lucky to be part of the next title win 

[ianb1547 3,767]

miles away from the early finishes, extended days off and chicken nugget diets. Fab

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

The players obviously having it drummed into them what it means to play for this club and are acting more accordingly. Other managers (especially the foreign ones)  have tried this but were unsuccessful due to amongst other things a lack of respect for the management team.  Pedro and PLG tried to lay down the law but were ignored or ran up against a #NOT4ME cabal in the dressing room.  Sounds like Stevie G demands respect and Gary Mac boots the baws of those who fail to comply, reminiscent of Smith and Knox. 

As I said on another thread, for the first time in years I actually look forward to every game these days. 

 

[Dan Deacon 55,154]

Sounds like they forgot it was a Glasgow holiday 

[Lloyd 10,756]

I wonder who never turned up

[Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,686]

What a turn around in less than 6 months it is amazing I am so proud of what our club has achieved. 

[mchammer 245]

Got to respect the players coming in on  day off. How many times have we moaned about previous players not doing extra training when they could have. Great to hear that players are willing to do this. 

They really want to win this league. ?

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

Fs imagine we still had the likes of kevin kyle and ian black at the club.

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

1 hour ago, Siwel said:

I wonder who never turned up

Jimmy bell

[Hoodster 162]

5 hours ago, Siwel said:

I wonder who never turned up

No one - it was a day off 

 

[the cry was no 3,033]

The expectations on a daily basis are night and day compared to the last few years. 

SG has raised the bar and will accept nothing less than 100% every day. There’s a reason both he and GM played at the very highest level at 35+ and they are instilling the right mentality into this group. 

It’s crazy to think that they have only been with the players for about 16 weeks and had to clear out 20+ and bed in 15

 

[graeme_4 34,436]

#easysesh

[MikeBlue 136]

"Player's"  !!

Can someone fix this please?

[Amokachi 3,006]

1 hour ago, graeme_4 said:

#easysesh

Then claiming double time as it was a public holiday.  Players are not daft. 

[Ozblue 4,331]

5 hours ago, jjbscotty12 said:

Fs imagine we still had the likes of kevin kyle and ian black at the club.

Well, they would have been useful; We did need a painter and he, in turn, needed a big dod of wood to stand on to reach the high bits.

[Ryju84 3,170]

We haven't been told what type of masseurs they have.

Rumour spread that McGregor wasnt goin to be there so the others wanted a shot.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Nicest food in Glasgow for nothing, bloody right I would go in on my day off. ?

[Brackley 1,401]

Just as well Ally's still not here or I'd be thinking they've opened a branch of Nandos at Auchenhowie  after reading that.

[plumbGER 24,518]

I'll be raging if we get to Baku then suffer burn out and lose the final and the league late on.

[SuperPapac05 3,383]

I always think if you want a winning team then they have to play for the guy picking the team. It's amazing to see just how much the players are on board with Gerrard and how he is obviously treating them like actual human beings rather than being a military general with them. It just sums up his exceptional man management skills.