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When questioned about what remaining in the EFL meant to the team, Paul admitted: \u201cIf we\u2019d have got relegated and you asked me that question, I could have spun that, and it could still be a positive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following an injury which resulted in Paul\u2019s retirement, he used spare time to kickstart a coaching career. Utilising his skills and experience, he educates future generations of footballers to be the best they can.<\/p>\n
Paul says that he has seen other players achieve great things by just happy circumstance.<\/p>\n
He said: “For my time in football, I realised that it\u2019s not always the very best that go on and work hard. If they are in the right place at the right time, and then things like working with some decent managers and picking things up along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul believes that any player can do well by working hard, practicing and consistently honing their skills. While other elements may help, drive and determination will be instrumental towards their development.<\/p>\n
Finding the dark horses of the team isn\u2019t always straightforward: \u201cSometimes you just got to look at the ones below the best ones at times and think of the ones that have got the attitude and the ethic.\u201d <\/p>\n
Using his personal experience as a guide to inspire the players, Paul wants them to visualise the team\u2019s potential both on and off the pitch. He said that \u201cI think that\u2019s what I would take from my playing days.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the recently lowered Covid-19 restrictions, football can now kick off once again. Abiding by the government and FA guidelines football has once again started giving a sigh of relief to all football supporters.<\/p>\n
Starting as the green light came, Macclesfield Town players were quickly being reintroduced to their fitness routines. Tackling the two-metre rule by \u201cdoing what you would call fitness in the park we was doing it straight away\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBear in mind the school meets 70 odd lads in and around Greater Manchester is challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Wanting to get their heads in the game, Paul and other coaches started to visit the lads, in pairs of twos in local parks in their area, \u201cgoing around everywhere to see the lads personally\u201d, from to Ashton to Hazel Grove, Stockport to Macclesfield<\/p>\n
Having the restrictions lessened by the government a second time allowed groups of six individuals to meet, while abiding by the two-metre rule allowed the group\u2019s number to increase. With this in mind, Paul explained that instead of two players to one coach, they now train in two groups of five with a coach each. <\/p>\n
From open evenings to trial nights to taster sessions, normally around this time of year, football academies will be in full swing of the recruitment process, getting ready for September.<\/p>\n
Under these circumstances due to the pandemic, it\u2019s forced the academies to change their recruitment tactics. However, this predicament hasn\u2019t stopped Macclesfield Town\u2019s recruiting strategy, as they had met the majority of the lads beforehand through their original recruitment process.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019d be sat here now and were trying to get thirty players and you\u2019ve only got seven, you\u2019d be struggling and a lot of academies will be, but we\u2019re not,\u201d said Paul. <\/p>\n
When asked what he\u2019d like to see in the next couple of months, Paul said: \u201cIt\u2019d be nice to return to the game to see the crowds at Macclesfield Town, getting down to the club and getting behind a team which they\u2019ve always done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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