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Jake Eastwood mentioned in his interview someone called Mason helping him prepare for the Wimbledon game. It seems we have a new performance analyst. Not seen him mentioned elsewhere.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mason-cook-81191b194

https://ncfelites.com/6788-2/
"Very exciting to see former NCF Elites Coach Mason Cook in his first 1st team photo with Grimsby Town FC. Mason has joined Grimsby as their 1st team analyst. This Saturday Mason will travel to AFC Wimbledon for his first experience of EFL football. Mason is on the second row furthest right."

[img]https://ncfelites.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mason-Cook-1st-team-picture-960x512.jpg[/img]

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

Jake Eastwood mentioned in his interview someone called Mason helping him prepare for the Wimbledon game. It seems we have a new performance analyst. Not seen him mentioned elsewhere.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mason-cook-81191b194

https://ncfelites.com/6788-2/
"Very exciting to see former NCF Elites Coach Mason Cook in his first 1st team photo with Grimsby Town FC. Mason has joined Grimsby as their 1st team analyst. This Saturday Mason will travel to AFC Wimbledon for his first experience of EFL football. Mason is on the second row furthest right."

[img]https://ncfelites.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mason-Cook-1st-team-picture-960x512.jpg[/img]

Hurst talked about him in one of the prematch interviews, the previous incumbant has left for a change in career.

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

Jake Eastwood mentioned in his interview someone called Mason helping him prepare for the Wimbledon game. It seems we have a new performance analyst. Not seen him mentioned elsewhere.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mason-cook-81191b194

https://ncfelites.com/6788-2/
"Very exciting to see former NCF Elites Coach Mason Cook in his first 1st team photo with Grimsby Town FC. Mason has joined Grimsby as their 1st team analyst. This Saturday Mason will travel to AFC Wimbledon for his first experience of EFL football. Mason is on the second row furthest right."

[img]https://ncfelites.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mason-Cook-1st-team-picture-960x512.jpg[/img]

Yep was mentioned in one of PH's interviews at the back end of last week.

Ahh, thanks! I must have missed it.

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

Jake Eastwood mentioned in his interview someone called Mason helping him prepare for the Wimbledon game. It seems we have a new performance analyst. Not seen him mentioned elsewhere.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mason-cook-81191b194

https://ncfelites.com/6788-2/
"Very exciting to see former NCF Elites Coach Mason Cook in his first 1st team photo with Grimsby Town FC. Mason has joined Grimsby as their 1st team analyst. This Saturday Mason will travel to AFC Wimbledon for his first experience of EFL football. Mason is on the second row furthest right."

[img]https://ncfelites.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mason-Cook-1st-team-picture-960x512.jpg[/img]

His analysis about this game will have been no use if he travelled to Wimbledon to watch it 🙂

Quoted from Posh Harry

His analysis about this game will have been no use if he travelled to Wimbledon to watch it 🙂

On the contrary , he went early... snook into their breakfast room so he could analyse which of their squad wouldn't have the energy to perform....highly dedicated

Another example of incremental improvements. Worked well for GB cyclists.

There can’t be many people about with two professions as their first and surname.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

Another example of incremental improvements. Worked well for GB cyclists.

The EPO helped a lot too.

Quoted from gtfc98

The EPO helped a lot too.

Allegedly. Although, I was going to say the same thing as you. You’ve obviously got better access to solicitors though (after that incident in Freshney Place with the worm riddled cod).

There are an awful lot of doping incidents in cycling where Mr Brailsford just happens to be linked or on the scene (Freeman, Millar, triamcinolone etc). Obviously, Brailsford is English so I’m not suggesting he was involved in any systematic doping. Gerrard, Beckham, Owen, Sterling and Kane have never dived either.

Quoted from LH

There can’t be many people about with two professions as their first and surname.

John Fenty?

A ‘John’ is a prostitute’s client (you could be a professional, John)

A ‘Fenty’ is an ancient Ottoman health and safety profession of deconstructing dangerous sharp objects to the point where they were safe and couldn’t be considered a danger

Iam a big fan of sports science. Other sports use it as well and as a consequence athletic performances have improved over the years . Attention to detail/desire to constantly improve makes a difference where it can be fine margins between winning and losing.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Allegedly. Although, I was going to say the same thing as you. You’ve obviously got better access to solicitors though (after that incident in Freshney Place with the worm riddled cod).

There are an awful lot of doping incidents in cycling where Mr Brailsford just happens to be linked or on the scene (Freeman, Millar, triamcinolone etc). Obviously, Brailsford is English so I’m not suggesting he was involved in any systematic doping. Gerrard, Beckham, Owen, Sterling and Kane have never dived either.

I'm not defending the use of doping, far from it.  But I suspect that if doping was/is going on then it would be case, much like in the late 90's, that everyone was at it but certain teams/individuals are better at it and hiding it...

Back to the incremental gains in cycling, there was a brief series on Team Sky a few years back - oddly enough it was on one of the Sky channels.  Brailsford talked about the lengths they went to in order to achieve those incremental gains, the 1%'s as he talked about.  Riders would have their own mattresses ferried around the world, with staff going ahead of the team to the pre-booked hotels to ensure their mattresses were used, helping to get better sleep.  All rooms were decontaminated of any potential bugs too.

These are just a few of many, many examples of the small things.  Individually they make little to no impact, but collectively the small incremental gains all add up.

Quoted from diehardmariner

I'm not defending the use of doping, far from it.  But I suspect that if doping was/is going then it would be case, much like in the late 90's, it's a case that everyone was at it but certain teams/individuals are better at it and hiding it...

Back to the incremental gains in cycling, there was a brief series on Team Sky a few years back - oddly enough it was on one of the Sky channels.  Brailsford talked about the lengths they went to in order to achieve those incremental gains, the 1%'s as he talked about.  Riders would have their own mattresses ferried around the world, with staff going ahead of the team to the pre-booked hotels to ensure their mattresses were used, helping to get better sleep.  All rooms were decontaminated of any potential bugs too.

These are just a few of many, many examples of the small things.  Individually they make little to no impact, but collectively the small incremental gains all add up.

I seem to recall a documentary where an amateur athlete did it in such a way, that it was undetectable in the doping tests.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Allegedly. Although, I was going to say the same thing as you. You’ve obviously got better access to solicitors though (after that incident in Freshney Place with the worm riddled cod).

There are an awful lot of doping incidents in cycling where Mr Brailsford just happens to be linked or on the scene (Freeman, Millar, triamcinolone etc). Obviously, Brailsford is English so I’m not suggesting he was involved in any systematic doping. Gerrard, Beckham, Owen, Sterling and Kane have never dived either.

And look how things turned out for Robert Millar!

(or did you mean David Miller?)

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

And look how things turned out for Robert Millar!

(or did you mean David Miller?)

Good spot flour.

However, I was actually referring to World Cup corner flag grinder Roger Milla - this being a football forum of course. Brailsford had allegedly fed the Cameroonian legend a mashed up paste of oysters, self-raising flour and viagra in a pre-Italia ‘90 boot camp in Tuscany.

Milla referred to it as marginal grains in his autobiography.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Good spot flour.

However, I was actually referring to World Cup corner flag grinder Roger Milla - this being a football forum of course. Brailsford had allegedly fed the Cameroonian legend a mashed up paste of oysters, self-raising flour and viagra in a pre-Italia ‘90 boot camp in Tuscany.

Milla referred to it as marginal grains in his autobiography.

It's no surprise that they stiffed Argentina.

Quoted from Rick12

Iam a big fan of sports science. Other sports use it as well and as a consequence athletic performances have improved over the years . Attention to detail/desire to constantly improve makes a difference where it can be fine margins between winning and losing.

It doesn't stop teams being relegated.

It cannot make up for having poor quality players or poor management.

Quoted from diehardmariner

I'm not defending the use of doping, far from it.  But I suspect that if doping was/is going on then it would be case, much like in the late 90's, that everyone was at it but certain teams/individuals are better at it and hiding it...

Back to the incremental gains in cycling, there was a brief series on Team Sky a few years back - oddly enough it was on one of the Sky channels.  Brailsford talked about the lengths they went to in order to achieve those incremental gains, the 1%'s as he talked about.  Riders would have their own mattresses ferried around the world, with staff going ahead of the team to the pre-booked hotels to ensure their mattresses were used, helping to get better sleep.  All rooms were decontaminated of any potential bugs too.

These are just a few of many, many examples of the small things.  Individually they make little to no impact, but collectively the small incremental gains all add up.

These small incremental gains are an underlying principle of continuous improvement. It is so much easier to implement these small changes and they are much easier to find. You do though need everyone on board to make it happen. This was a great driver for GB Cycling.
As for other allegations, they remain just that and if anyone thinks that it was just the Sky Team pushing the boundaries in respect of what was and wasn’t ok in cycling then they are deluded.

Without any reference to Sky and Brailsford I am sure having a BS cover story is all part of any strategy of attempting to cheat intelligently. Ineos policy of incremental crapness appears also to be working.

Quoted from arryarryarry

It cannot make up for having poor quality players or poor management.

Yes thats true but I feel even with poor quality players sports science can help them improve albeit there's a cap on how far you can go. Reminds me of players Ive seen in the past who are coming through at league 2 clubs .The desire is all there but they will never make it much higher.

As for poor management fair point as thats down to impaired human judgement . Similarly have heard of players preferring one style of management over another "robust management such as a good bollocking " if their standards slip for instance in training and in matches which gets the best out of them and helps maintain levels .

Quoted from Rick12

Yes thats true but I feel even with poor quality players sports science can help them improve albeit there's a cap on how far you can go. Reminds me of players Ive seen in the past who are coming through at league 2 clubs .The desire is all there but they will never make it much higher.

As for poor management fair point as thats down to impaired human judgement . Similarly have heard of players preferring one style of management over another "robust management such as a good bollocking " if their standards slip for instance in training and in matches which gets the best out of them and helps maintain levels .

But there's not that much of an advantage these days as all clubs employ analysts.

The advantage is you're, effectively, not playing catch up. Pretty much as we were for 15 odd years. It never failed to amaze me in the first Conference spell when Dog & Duck sides would rock up with loads of backroom staff and kit coming out their ears. We had Dave Moore with a bucket and sponge. That we got out in 2016 is actually a miracle because we were set up like it was 1986.

There will always be a new advantage, someone will come up with the next incremental gain in the strive to improve and outdo.

Nutrition, hydration, rest, recovery, data...they've all come into the game as part of the competitive nature.