Closed gym is no excuse for you not staying thin
Cheque, Rugby Park have put trust in club
of debate. Although Jamieson is aware there are bigger worries at play in the world, times are tricky for football and cool heads need to make crunch calls.
She said: “At this moment we are still in uncertain times. The words that came from UEFA and their plans, they’ll be keeping that under review.
“I would suspect nothing will be as cut and dried as knowing when games will take place.
“I would be surprised if we were back to normality at that stage, so what we are doing at Kilmarnock – as many other clubs will be doing – is beginning to take stock of what the impact is going to be. How we plan to deal with issues over what could be a fairly prolonged closed-down period.
“At a club such as this, we don’t have debt but rely on income from our hospitality side, matchdays, sponsors and so on.
“This is the time of the year we’d normally be ready to launch our season-ticket campaign, looking at our sponsorships for the year ahead. There’s an impact for everyone’s business and these can have a knock-on to football. We know we have really good relationships with local business and community and we are all going to rally around with each other to have support going forward. “This is a time when we’d be planning ahead and, like every cub, finances have to be managed through those times. Myself, the other directors, our head of football operations and manager will be sitting to discuss the steps needed to be taken in the short term and how we plan our way through this.”
BY ALAN MARSHALL
HIBS have demanded their stars remain in peak condition while steering well clear of the gym.
Easter Road sports medicine chief Nathan Ring has revealed every player has been given a programme to ensure they are in fine fettle when they report back for training.
Ring, who also works for the England Under-21 side, has confirmed that each individual has been given minimum targets during the coronavirus shutdown but they will have to get creative in their work-outs.
He said: “The players have been told that gyms are out of bounds.
“They’re also to avoid busy, crowded, unfamiliar places and to take the necessary precautions. But we still expect players to maintain their fitness.
“Colin Clancy, our lead sport scientist, has set the players a programme of work to be carried out.
“A minimum standard has been set but we would expect all our players to exceed that.”
Meanwhile, Ring has sought to alleviate fears that the hiatus could impede the recovery times of any players coming back from injury.
Joe Newell and Stevie Mallan were on the cusp of returns prior to the March 13 shutdown, while Ryan Porteous, Jason Naismith and Sean Mackie are all in the rehabilitation phase following operations.
He added: “We have had players return to training over the last week or so.
“Their programmes are more about building on their fitness levels postrehabilitation. Jason and Sean are working away from the club this week with their own individual programmes but we’ll touch base with them as the situation allows.”
‘I almost fell off my chair when I read the Rangers MD talk about integrity. That’s one club that can’t preach about integrity’
them? Also, their disregard for Hearts is disgraceful.”
was waiting to volley and said: “I nearly fell off my chair when I read the Rangers managing director (Stewart Robertson) speaking about retaining the integrity of the game in relation to ending the season. Honestly, this club has no shame. After absconding from their debts and their EBTs, that is one club that should not be preaching about integrity.”
picked that shot up perfectly to reach the deep ball and said: “To save all the arguments and fixture problems, why don’t the authorities just award the Scottish Cup to Celtic. The unfair assumption they will win the league means they will probably be declared champions. Well as everyone also assumes they will probably win the Cup, we might as well award them that now too.”
was alive to that return and said: “Spineless Stevie G sat on the fence again. Frightened to toe the club line and say it should be null and void in case he is slaughtered in Liverpool.”
At this stage, a flash of photography from the gallery halted the rally. Or was it a flash of humility from umpire who stopped play to loud applause by stating: “Can everyone take a reality check with regards to the league positions and the league being declared a bogie or not. It must be allowed to finish and if that means delaying the next season or having to play a shorter campaign in 20/21, so be it. There really are more important issues right now. Nobody knows when this crisis will end.”
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