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Sonny Walters
Scott Munn opens up on Tottenham frustration and why club gets so many injuries
The club's former chief football officer has taken part in an interview in his homeland and opened up on his time in north Londonwww.football.london
Interesting from Scott Munn, particularly as it pertains to his recommendations for a medical team overhaul not being adopted in full.
""We did a review into every department – the academy, medicine, everything… So yes, that happened. We wanted to come through with a number of changes and take the medical department to a level that equated to a big club in England. Unfortunately, we couldn’t make the changes we recommended – some parts were accepted, other parts weren’t. That wasn’t an optimal outcome," said Munn."
I remember a few years ago, reading that the club had issues with the number of a particular manager's staff that he wanted to bring over from his old club, and the size of his coaching staff overall. We limited the number of coaches he brought over and asked that he work with a smaller team - think it might have been Nuno.
I remember thinking this was ass-backwards - to save a couple of million in coaching wages, we were willing to risk handicapping a manager we had spent millions bringing over, and a playing squad worth hundreds of millions.
I wouldn't be surprised if the same penny-wise, pound-foolish approach was why these medical staff overhauls Munn wanted weren't approved.
Also might be why we didn't have an in-house psychotherapist/psychologist until Frank, when increasingly, every top club has multiple staff with these qualifications to manage the mental wellness of their players.
The general impression remains that at times, we're run like a club in the 2000s. That's fine for the 2000s and just about worked for the 2010s, but now it means we're 20-30 years behind the times.
I think he’s a trumper. This is an ar se-covering bunch of flim-flam. He is obviously leaving out quite a lot of stuff. He explains absolutely nothing BTW…in that same interview he also spoke of his ‘surprise’ at the intensity of the PL; the idiot. Isn’t it his fu-cking job to know the environent he is stepping into? Sorry mate, not having it from him…