Former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy says the amount of specialist coaches and analysts is becoming a problem.
He wrote for the Daily Mail: "Using data and analysts in modern football is great. I was always the first to check my Prozone stats as a player. But when it comes to the new army of specialist coaches creeping into the game, it smells like a box-ticking exercise to me.
"In fact, by bringing in extra voices to dissect throw-ins, set-plays and defensive shape, you risk giving players mixed messages. I'm not saying teams shouldn't work on specific aspects of the game.
"But let the manager and coaches you already employ take responsibility for them. Asking players to respect a different, unproven voice more than the capable full-time people they already work with is nonsense.
"I've spoken to successful managers and coaches who agree with me. They feel people are being drafted in because it sounds cutting edge when the regular coaches are fully able to do it themselves."
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