Liam Cooper has joked he wishes he was as quick as Jesse Marsch's laser used in video analysis sessions as he opened up on the differences between the current Leeds United coach and his predecessor. The Whites skipper is yet to feature in the Premier League this season after an injury in the off-season disrupted his pre-season campaign.
The Leeds defender had a brief appearance in the Carabao Cup earlier this season, but picked up a knock which set him back further. Now, nearing a return to full fitness, the Scotland international has given an update on his return to fitness and the input players now have on tactics under their new head coach.
Life under the American is different to that of life under Marcelo Bielsa, with Marsch highly respectful of the work done by his predecessor.
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When asked by The Official Leeds Utd Podcast how much of a say players have on tactics, Cooper said: "Yeah we do, obviously Jacko [Mike Jackson] to start with is doing a lot with the set-plays. We have a little set-play group which we've improved massively on, both as a threat and defensively, I think we've improved a lot.
"That all seems to be going well right now. We've all got individual training plans and we've been doing a lot with Cameron Toshack, he's been brilliant. Frankie and Euan the analysts, the way they put their sessions across and Jesse loves a video session. We've had plenty of them.
"I wish I was as fast as that laser he puts on the screen! No he's a lot different. Marcelo was a lot different in the way he always portrayed it to the group on a whole. There's a lot more individual stuff now and I think Jesse can see everybody is different.
"Some boys might need an arm round them, but me myself, I can be told in a bit more of an abrupt way if you want to put it that way what I need to be doing and how I need to be doing it. It's all individualised stuff but the tactical stuff, what we need to be doing as a team, that's all done over in the meeting room.
"We've got a brand spanking media room that's been done. We've just seen that for the first time today and I'm sure Jesse is buzzing with that, so there'll be a few more hours of video going in as well."
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