Andy Kiwomya - New performance coach

Great news, good luck Andy.......

 

He will have his work cut out. Good luck to him, but I would have preferred Jamie Lawrence. Thankfully this will put an end to him being co-commentator on Radio Leeds.

 

A lovely bloke who loves City. A good appointment I hope but I wont miss his commentary

 

I love his enthusiasm on Radio Leeds and he’s improves out of sight but both Bower and Clarke were very good.

 

Interesting appointment, especially as he's going to be part of the dug out staff.

Who's taking over his radio work?

 

Let's hope his communication skills improve or I struggle to see how the players can benefit from this - as enthusiastic and passionate as he is he can barely string a proper sentence together on commentary.

Communication is a key element in any managerial or coaching role, the student needs to fully understand their instruction and what they are being taught/shown.

 

Sire he will do a good job. Good luck to him

 

When you get past some of the stuff he says when he gets caught up in the game, he makes some very good observations about the players. I've heard him question preparations, warm up routines etc - he clearly knows what he is talking about and I suspect this has been acknowledged.

 

He's a Heaton lad, who cares if he's qualified

 

Kiwomya previously served as performance coach of Huddersfield Town, helping the Terriers embark on a 43-game unbeaten run, and has also filled similar conditioning roles at the likes of Manchester City, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest.

 

He held the same role at Huddersfield under Lee Clark I believe, and has worked at Man City on the conditioning side so it seems he's had relevant experience elsewhere.

 

That counts as high praise indeed from our Derek

 

It's something and nothing, but I always did think he made some good points about preparation on commentary, certainly better than any of his in match analysis!

edit - as @Hulmebantam as previously pointed out!

 

He works at Hull City now with kids doesn't he?. Not sure if available every week

 

Not heard him mention it much this season but he certainly mentioned things regularly when McCall was manager.
Little things like opposition teams doing that little shuttle run thing on the touch line immediately before the start of the second half while city players just stood in position waiting for the 2nd half to start.
No way of knowing if it makes a difference but with our recent piss poor second half performances it might make us a bit more ready to get at the opposition straight from the off.