Definitely a wellies day today with persistent rain and mud everywhere but they came out to train at just after 11 and I will use my good mate Neil's post from BMoon as it says it all.
Afternoon all,
I thought i'd try to get to training today as the garden centre was very quiet so nobody would be buying sheds today!
Spoke with my mucker DH and got there for an 11 o'clock start in awful conditions.
Mancini and Kidd were first out followed in dribs and drabs by the rest of the squad, they had set out 4 areas to train on so we both thought we'd get a good look at the squad.
The session started with the usual Mancini chat with the players and then the warm up where Mancini gets all the players in their own positions, some positions having 4 men some only having 1 or 2 and as a squad they then move around the pitch, twisting and turning doing little sprints etc.
Then they went on the 1 touch circles where a couple of them are in the middle and try to win the ball whilst it's being passed around.
This was all being done at the far end of the pitch so we weren't able to see too much and was looking forward to watching them on the area that had been marked out next to us.
So onto the next session.
They went in!! about 24 minutes of not a lot.
I couldn't believe my eyes all except Vieira and Adebayor, who were seriously put through it by the 3 main coaches, just strolled off to the changing rooms.
One of the photographers summed things up perfectly, she said "f***ing 3-1 and that's it!?" Kate i couldn't agree more.
I haven't had chance to go much lately due to work, but this was a joke, they come out in a very lax mood dribs and drabs, even the keepers who used to be a tight bunch strolled out in bits and bobs.
My overall impression is that the intensity has been lost, the spirits are good don't get me wrong, it's just too slow and lifeless.
Tevez wasn't there but i think he'll meet them in London, well i hope he does.
NMT
Not much I can add to that , we really were looking forward to a good session as so many of the training bits and pieces had been laid out near us but in the end that was all for the 2 suspended players. After the rest had gone in 4 coaches spent some time with these 2 before Mancini went in and Kidd went off to join the reserves.
No Tevez obviously as he will join the in London but Toure was back out there. The only good quite amusing thing was the load of cameramen in and around us were up for getting close ups of Bridge so were well disappointed when they all went in and they didn't get anything.
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