Great news. Really looking fwd to seeing him play again - been tooooooooooooo longMendy is back in training today.
I agree and I dread to think how the next WC season will pan outThe whole football calendar is a nonsense why should clubs suffer because of the international tournaments? It affects the league competitions and some clubs more than others More importantly players health
Great news. Really looking fwd to seeing him play again - been tooooooooooooo long
If players only played 3 weeks ago how unfit can they get these days? I’m more worried about them hitting ‘the wall’ later in the season. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a lot more rotation and or we buy again in January.
I think it should pan out better, if we start a bit earlier and finish a bit later, at least the players won't be going on holiday straight after the tournament, those that get knocked out earlier get a bit of a break.I agree and I dread to think how the next WC season will pan out
he will have as good a chance as any I guessMe too. Do you think he’ll start the Chelsea match??
I just think the season will be difficult with players thinking pre and post WC. Also I was thinking more of potential injuries and little/no time to recover.I think it should pan out better, if we start a bit earlier and finish a bit later, at least the players won't be going on holiday straight after the tournament, those that get knocked out earlier get a bit of a break.
The summer before and after will be clear so the whole squad should get proper rest and pre seasons for 2 years running.
A proper break can be more important than coming back early.
Pre-season training is a fucking joke these days, I’d argue that if they are stationed in one place on holiday or even at home and they are sticking to a diet plan and training regime, they are actually having a better time preparing for the season than the club who are traipsing round some country fucking miles away with silly travelling times and time zone issues, playing on shit pitches.
Pep got his way one year at Bayern and had a training camp in Italy and played five pre-season training games in Germany. That was the pre-season he wanted. Not these stupid marketing trips that clubs do to America or China or wherever else they are made to go. It’s just about the worst preparation for a season you can think of.
What we basically have now is no proper pre-season at all (not as big a problem as you’d assume because the players are professional athletes these days, they don’t come back fat after two months on the piss eating pies like players used to do), a marketing trip all about showing off the club to some no-marks in the middle of nowhere, and then once the season gets underway the proper preparation (not exactly pre-) can begin between games that open the season.
I wouldn’t worry about it.
The term “pre-season training” should be scrapped for “pre-season marketing trip”
Ozil scores for Arsenal today. Where's Gundongan?
I’ve checked and this post is correct.Gundogan plays for City not Arsenal.
Yes but did you check who Gundongon plays for ?I’ve checked and this post is correct.
I’ve not had time to yet but I’ve emailed a friend to ask.Yes but did you check who Gundongon plays for ?
Nope Stones is coming back early. So expect him to be back in training early next week. Don’t know about the rest but we should be OK against Chelski.so de bruine,kompany,stones,delph,sterling,walker return after chelsea.