Questions grow over Irons fitness regime

The future of West Ham fitness coach Miljenko Rak is again coming under the microscope following the team’s collapse after half an hour of last night’s game against Manchester City.

Some have suggested that the team threw in the towel but the talk inside the club this morning is again over the role of the the 69 year old.

Worries over the training and fitness regime have been ongoing this season as the team has thrown away leads or faded after looking on the case for the early part of the game.

Rak’s methods are under scrutiny with questions being asked about the former Croatian Olympic handball coach’s role given the regular collapses.

One source told us: “We are not defending as a team.  When we had the ball we were surrounded by three players but when they were in possession we had one player trying to shut things down.

In most games we are decent for 25/30 minutes, our fitness is worrying and something that needs to be looked at.”