Elliott appointed to coaching staff

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Is Elliot really the best man for that job though? he never struck me as a man who ever reached peak physical condition.

Not sure where that last bit comes from. Unless you're on about him being injury-prone. I don't see the relevance anyway as it's about your knowledge rather than your own physical fitness, strictly speaking. He might not be the best man for the job but I do share Wacky's sentiments and I'd rather have him than the 'non-football' people Allardyce was so keen on. Plus, I don't think Keegan necessarily has the final say on this sort of appointment in the way he would have in the past. And I don't think Ashley would give a bloke a job just because he used to play for us.

 

You say it yourself, you'd rather him than "non-football" people. I'd assume that was because non-football people wouldn't have the applicable knowledge from actual experiences. In the same way I'd rather Gary Speed was a fitness coach than Robbie Elliot.

 

He has got or is currently getting a degree in sports science so I imagine that's part of the reason he got the job.

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