thecatintheroof
Well-known member
"We’ve lost a few bodies so we can’t afford many more injuries, so we have to be sensible with what we’re doing. It’ll give us a chance to reinforce some of our principles of how we want to play, and what we think will be important for the next seven games because we won’t get too much spare time once it starts up again, we have to use the time wisely. We’ve got a shout and we’re fighting.
"We’d rather keep playing and stay in rhythm at this stage of the season, but it is what it is; it’ll help us to prepare for the run-in.
"We will need to get the balance right between rest and keeping the players mentally in tune with what’s to come, and that’s the work we do on the training pitch every day, being focussed on the last seven games. We’ve already spoken about it as staff, we’ll make sure we’re focussed and the players know they’re not just coming in to pass time. We won’t be having a five-a-side then going home, we’ll be working on different areas of our game.”
"I'll also be rearranging my sock drawer which will arguably be more entertaining than the football I've been producing each week whilst desperately searching for the remaining photos that Callum Connolly has of me. So far I've retrieved the ones with the donkey and the girl in the striped dress, just need to find the one of me and Gerrard when I developed lock jaw!"
"We’d rather keep playing and stay in rhythm at this stage of the season, but it is what it is; it’ll help us to prepare for the run-in.
"We will need to get the balance right between rest and keeping the players mentally in tune with what’s to come, and that’s the work we do on the training pitch every day, being focussed on the last seven games. We’ve already spoken about it as staff, we’ll make sure we’re focussed and the players know they’re not just coming in to pass time. We won’t be having a five-a-side then going home, we’ll be working on different areas of our game.”
"I'll also be rearranging my sock drawer which will arguably be more entertaining than the football I've been producing each week whilst desperately searching for the remaining photos that Callum Connolly has of me. So far I've retrieved the ones with the donkey and the girl in the striped dress, just need to find the one of me and Gerrard when I developed lock jaw!"