NO EXCUSES FOR PARKY
NORWICH have been holed up in hotels this week – but that is no bad thing for Tom Trybull.
The midfielder has made full use of the Canaries’ decision to stay in the north-west between their Preston and Bolton clashes to catch up with his studies and reading.
Trybull left Germany with “not the highest education” having had to prioritise football over his schooling as a youngster at Hansa Rostock.
Keen to make up for what he missed out on, Trybull has enrolled in an online course in football management – about the business around the game rather than coaching – which he is working through while also trying to help Norwich come top of the class in the Championship.
“My wife influenced me a lot,” Berlin-born Trybull said of Anna, who also encouraged him to move to Carrow Road in August 2017, having lived abroad herself previously in America.
“She said you have to do something besides football, and start as early as possible. You never BOLTON boss Phil Parkinson wants no excuses from his players after they claimed their first away win since August.
Parkinson’s side stunned Birmingham with a 1-0 win at St Andrew’s on Tuesday, leaving them three points from safety as they prepare to welcome second-top Norwich.
And Parkinson
(right) said: “You can feel the lift round the know what will happen or when so it is important you’re prepared for the future.
“What she said had a big impact for me. It was also in my mind when I was younger. I knew the age would come when you have to think about training ground and we have to make sure we carry that on against Norwich. They had a tough game in midweek against Preston and they’ll obviously be looking to respond to that.
“We’ve got one or two problems in the squad, but that happened on Tuesday. Players came on, we didn’t use it as an excuse. We carried on to the very end to earn the result.” it.” Trybull’s current book is ‘The Secret’, a popular read all about the law of attraction and making your thoughts become reality.
He said: “You get another view on life. Also, then, because you realise it is not only football in life you can focus on other things.
“Like Wednesday’s result, the 3-1 defeat against Preston. You say, ‘OK, it happened’ and keep going.
“You’re not dwelling too long on this situation but thinking positively about what is coming to try and influence that as much as possible in a positive way. I never thought like that before reading this book.”
The shock Preston loss led to Norwich being replaced as leaders by Leeds, but former Germany youth international Trybull said: “We are in a very good situation but it changes from game to game.
“All the teams at the top are doing well. It is close. Nothing is decided.”