NORTHAMPTON LAND BOSS HASSELBAINK

By Chris Dunlavy

WHEN Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink arrived at QPR in December 2015, his message to the players was simple.
“If you want to be successful,” he announced, “you have to train hard. And that training has to be harder than games.”
Over the next 12 months, the former Chelsea striker proved as good as his word. Drills, shuttles, bleep tests. The regimen that had powered Burton Albion to promotion was ruthlessly implemented at Loftus Road.
“I’ve been at a lot of clubs at a lot of levels,” re...