We were shocked, said Necid about new changes at Slavia
There have been a lot of interesting developments at Slavia during the last few days. Changes have been made in the Sports Management department of the club and with the sacking of coach Koubek after the second match of the spring season. The developments have come as a surprise to everybody, even the players.
‘’We were
surprised as no-one really expected it but it doesn’t really concern us. We are here to train and perform as best we
can. It’s just a matter for the
management,’’ said Tomáš Necid. ‘’Something similarly
unexpected happened to me in the past. I
came to a training session once and was told I wasn’t going to train with the
team,’’ added midfielder Marcel Gecov.
The players are obviously referring to the surprise departure of coach Koubek. Slavia are currently tenth in the league. ‘’The management has decided to make some changes and bring in a new coach. We still have our goals for the season and we’re going to try and meet them,’’ said Gecov.
For the 25-year-old strilker it is the second change of coach this season. Koubek replaced Michal Petrouš, who was ousted at the end of the autumn season. ‘’A bigger issue would be if the new coach game and set a different set of objectives for us, changing things around. By leaving things essentially the same we should be able to cope,’’ he said.
For Koubek it will be difficult to leave the club having moved to Slavia from being coach of the U-19s. ‘’It’s not pleasant for anyone when things end this way but he is a professional and has to accept it for what it is,’’ said Gecov.
Slavia’s new coach is Dutchman Alex Pastoor. Can we expect a whirlwind of attacking football? ‘’It’s a Dutch coach so I think he’ll play attacking football. In Holland they usually play 4-3-3 so we’ll see if he introduces the system here. As a striker, it would be a great system to play,’’ said Necid.
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