Training Saturday 6/11

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Could only make a fleeting visit today but I was there long enough to see everybody except MJ out training. Tevez and Nigel were and fully involved for the warm up stuff including the regulation keep ball circles and a game of tag to get them having fun.

I will leave it to NMT to post later and copy it over. Whether Carlos and Nigel are fit enough isn't easy to say. Carlos seemed quite quiet to me but then again he often does in training.

[Beefymcfc]

Boooooo, I was expecting a full report Douglas, what's the score eh ;-)

As always, cheers for the effort and will look forward to NMTs later.

[Brad]

Cheers Doug, good too know Tevez is atleast training. :)

[ruralblue]

Relief to know Tevez is actually back!!

cheers Doug x

[Crossie]

Any sign of a therapist?

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Here's NMT's post, cheers Neil:
With NMT jnr not having a game today, went down to Carrington to see who was there and what was the atmosphere like.

So everybody was there except for MJ, so we have a fully fit squad, fully fit on Carlos's account not sure, he looked a little laboured in some routines, but as DH said to me that's Carlos, he took part in the full session and looked fine, Balotelli and Kolarov looked really sharp. NDJ was at the centre of most of the laughter.

Mancini took them onto another pitch and did the usual warm up positional stuff, it's funny to watch around 30 blokes trot round a pitch following one guy, i think DH has explained it in the past where he puts all the players in their positions and then moves them around the pitch as a team.

Back onto our side of the iron curtain to see the circles and a small 3 touch game. Joe Hart was the best player in this session some of the saves and slightest touches he made were very impressive.

It was probably the slowest start to a training session i've seen, but towards the end things were looking better.

So everybody is fit and they look raring to go, i honestly can say they don't look like a squad that's out of sorts, Balotelli, Kolarov and RSC stayed behind for some shooting practice, Mario was outstanding, Kolarov was very impressive and certainly has power in his shooting, RSC finished well and looks as sharp as i've seen him.

[ruralblue]

Thanks Mr Tash.

Couple of times of late Doug has said about RSC!, shop window or maybe he could repay the Blue faithfull.

[brite blu sky]

Thanks Mr Tash.

Couple of times of late Doug has said about RSC!, shop window or maybe he could repay the Blue faithfull.

I had also been wondering this. I wonder if he will force a bit of game time if he carries on doing the business in training.

Thanks for the reports lads.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Cheers for that Doug

[blues2win]

Any more news on MJ Doug? Cheers.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Any more news on MJ Doug? Cheers.

He wasnt out while I was there.

[getdressedmctavish]

To be honest its a feckin joke, isn't it? all this shooting that goes on in training and in the pre match warm up. Then the game starts......

[King Kev]

To be honest its a feckin joke, isn't it? all this shooting that goes on in training and in the pre match warm up. Then the game starts......

Ha ha, good point. Apart from Johnson they have all looked too scared to have a shot in recent games.

[Blue Noodle]

I hope the press don't see this thread. DOUG SKIPS TRAINING, CITY IN MELTDOWN!.
Thanks for daily reports Doug. You are, without exception, my favourite internet person.