Matt Prestridge

[Surrey Blade]

What an impressive man. If you want evidence of United's transformation into a progressive and professional club, listen to his interview from the ISS. The fitness of our players and the lack of injuries last season were no coincidence. We now have a terrific off the field set-up and Matt is clearly pivotal in this.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

What an impressive man. If you want evidence of United's transformation into a progressive and professional club, listen to his interview from the ISS. The fitness of our players and the lack of injuries last season were no coincidence. We now have a terrific off the field set-up and Matt is clearly pivotal in this.

Link?

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

How do you get fit in zero gravity?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Would love to listen to it but have no idea what "ISS" is and where to find the link? Is this an initiative test or something?

 

[Oreyt]

I'm glad we're fitter and less prone to injury, but I've always thought much of the latter is down to luck.

 

[Ricky]

First fitness coach I've had confidence in since Tony Daley. Hope he's here for a long time.

 

[S5Blade]

Would love to listen to it but have no idea what "ISS" is and where to find the link? Is this an initiative test or something?

ISS - International space station

 

[S5Blade]

Think the OP meant EIS, if you go to https://www.sufc.co.uk/ifollow/ and scroll down, you can see the interview there with Matt

 

[TJB.]

Would love to listen to it but have no idea what "ISS" is

ISS was the earliest version of what is now known as Pro Evolution Soccer. It was a PS1 classic.

 

[alcoblade]

First fitness coach I've had confidence in since Tony Daley. Hope he's here for a long time.

I heard Toly Daley was a right lazy tosser. Do you know different?

 

[pommpey]

What an impressive man. If you want evidence of United's transformation into a progressive and professional club, listen to his interview from the ISS. The fitness of our players and the lack of injuries last season were no coincidence. We now have a terrific off the field set-up and Matt is clearly pivotal in this.

Hang on. Wasn't that lack of injuries down to the Desso?

Make your fucking minds up eh?

pommpey

 

[blade too long]

Ipswich Social Security
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Iceland Sandwich Spread

 

[BigBed]

Would love to listen to it but have no idea what "ISS" is and where to find the link? Is this an initiative test or something?

 

[S5Blade]

Hang on. Wasn't that lack of injuries down to the Desso?

Make your fucking minds up eh?

pommpey

We've sold the desso to pay for Stearman. Do keep up love.

 

[sheffielder]

What an impressive man. If you want evidence of United's transformation into a progressive and professional club, listen to his interview from the ISS. The fitness of our players and the lack of injuries last season were no coincidence. We now have a terrific off the field set-up and Matt is clearly pivotal in this.

Totally agree but who is the sports psychologist who we got too. Was around a lot for the last month or so of the season. Can't find his name but he was very close to the players and wilder

 

[Ricky]

I heard Toly Daley was a right lazy tosser. Do you know different?

No, but our team always seemed to be fit while he was here.

Then he was a victim of Bryan Robson's 'cleansing' wasn't he.... He went to Wolves after and they seemed to do well while he was there too.

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

I heard Toly Daley was a right lazy tosser. Do you know different?

If I was being cynical, I'd say that he was the last United fitness coach that people had heard of.

 

[s4-blade]

Totally agree but who is the sports psychologist who we got too. Was around a lot for the last month or so of the season. Can't find his name but he was very close to the players and wilder

Steven Sylvester, ex Stickball player and also psychologist at Middlesex CCC.

As for Matt Prestridge, there's a reason why he was Wilder's first "signing" if you like.

 

[SwissBlade]

Hang on. Wasn't that lack of injuries down to the Desso?

Make your fucking minds up eh?

pommpey

Better pitches such as a DESSO certainly helps. Fewer home games called off, more consistent playing surface, better drainage and watering. The playing surface is controlled.

But yes, the Prestridge set up was excellent last season. Fitter players, few niggling injuries. Recovery from injury is much better in fitter players.

Really like to hear interviews like this. Gives a little insight into the regime that we have in preseason

 

[Yewsman]

What an impressive man. If you want evidence of United's transformation into a progressive and professional club, listen to his interview from the ISS. The fitness of our players and the lack of injuries last season were no coincidence. We now have a terrific off the field set-up and Matt is clearly pivotal in this.

Yes top man. I think Matt is a "sports scientist". Was speaking to Northampton fan last season and he was saying how good he was at Northampton and that they had hardly any injuries certainly in their promotion season. He is critical part of Wilders "team". Obviously worked his magic with our squad last season. We had very few injuries and virtually none to key players like Billy, Coutts, Fleck etc. Interestingly the players who did get injuries were those who had not done a full pre-season with us like Lavery, Carruthers, EEL, ang Hanson. Was this just coincidence? Anyway great guy and will be interesting to see if those players have a better injury record this season after a full pre season with Matt.

 

[SwissBlade]

If I was being cynical, I'd say that he was the last United fitness coach that people had heard of.

Tony Daley was a good fitness coach, going only from what i saw on the pitch we were a very fit side, but we were under Dean Riddle as well.

I think the managers since Warnock and Blackwell have not given the same priority to fitness. Wilder has taken it to a new level. Never seen a United side as fit as this one and Prestridge really deserves so much credit for last seasons success.

Very good to hear that the players are ahead of where we wanted them. That will be a huge benefit to the preseason training, if we can hit the ground running (no pun intended) with the fitness, then we can spend more time bedding the new players into the football side and work on hoofing that ball 70 yards

 

[BushBlade]

Apparently Daley left Wolves last month after ten years there. I remember reading an article about him at Wolves and he seemed to be highly rated at the time.

 

[The Crab]

ISS was the earliest version of what is now known as Pro Evolution Soccer. It was a PS1 classic.

Great game, but I was all about Desert Strike when I had my PS1

 

[Pinchy]

Ipswich Social Security
Ireland Shovel Society
Iceland Sandwich Spread

Internal Sausage Sucking.

 

[mattbianco1]

ISS was the earliest version of what is now known as Pro Evolution Soccer. It was a PS1 classic.

Nah.. ISS deluxe on SNES or ISS 98 on PS1 were the best ones.

 

[moDtheGod]

Was this just coincidence?

Yes.

 

[1889]

So now we have Matt, our fitness guru, why are we pissing about with Leonard and Holmes, let's just get James Wallace back

 

[pommpey]

We've sold the desso to pay for Stearman. Do keep up love.

I've heard Stearman was paid for by the sale of the new noticeboard. It's been sold because it caused too many injuries and didn't allow us to play fast, attacking football against Fleetwood.

pommpey

 

[Hodgyman]

First fitness coach I've had confidence in since Tony Daley. Hope he's here for a long time.

I agree and have mentioned it a few times in earlier threads from last season