Would this happen under Adkins I wonder? Does seem to hark back to something I was told, and said on the forums when AP was sacked that Cortese disliked Pardew and his drinking buddies, and said he spent too much time drinking. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Courtesy of: http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-wor...er-on-no-drink-training-camp-102039-23725089/
That's what I was trying to get at, unfortunately RLGB didn't see that and just 'doh'd' it. It was said at the time Cortese didn't like Pardew's drinking habits, hence why Murdoch and Downes went with him... I wonder if anything like this ever happened in Switzerland...
It was noticeable the big difference between the fitness of the players after the 1st and 2nd Swiss trips. The second was conducted using scientific principles and look at the start we had.
So true. I remember saying after the Leyton Orient game at home after the first swiss trip, that we looked lethargic and the players weren't fit enough. It was the complete opposite last season!
I think they were allowed to get exhausted on that first trip...remember that mountain climb. And I bet Adkins wouldn't let million pound players jump off bridges. Adkins values recovery time as much as the exercise part.
So what? they went on a bender during the week. We do it quite often and do a far more strenuous job. Fair play Mr Taylor, she looks a little chunky from the back though. The other blonde (in two pics), now she'd get a right old bit of the Joey B love maker. I bet she is dirt.
I'm not sure about that. I think it's important that footballers are allowed to do what they like in their free time (within the law obviously). If I was one of the players, I like to think I'd be allowed to jump off a bridge if I so choose, or go out drinking for that matter. I think it's a big part of Adkins' management style to build a squad of professionals who he knows can be trusted to go out and do what they like without getting into trouble, rather than just being like Fergie and banning fun.
He looks like Sir Swagalot of Banterbury with those clear-lense geek glasses.... Absolute bantophile.
