City's training schedule

[Superhands]

There has been a lot of talk over the last couple of weeks about Mancini's training schedules. Can anyone clarify a couple of things for me ?

In a typical week when we play on Tuesday and Saturday is this what the players schedule is ?

Monday - off
Tuesday - game
Wednesday - train
Thursday - train
Friday - train
Saturday - game
Sunday - off

forigive the stupid question - do they do anything at all on a tuesday morning if they have a game that evening ? do they come in for a non-physical some tactical talk for example or do they have the morning totally off ?

so far we have had a game every midweek so no double training sessions. how did this work last season - is it just one extra session on the day when we would usually be playing? ie. players do a morning and afternoon session on the tuesday but other days train just once as per usual ?

last question - RM makes several refrerences to players no longer having days off in the Mail interview http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...view-I-came-Manchester-City-win--weather.html

"I tell them there is no day off now.....Yes, there is one day you can use to recover, to have a massage, but your head must always be on the pitch and on your job. That is what is different about football. When I played sometimes we would have one game in a week; now there are no free moments, no time, not even for family. I understand it is important to have one day when you can forget everything, but for us right now we cannot even have that, because we are working to change the mentality of the club. If we can get this right, I will trust the players to have two days off, not one."

I thought at first he meant players should be thinking about football on their days off too, maybe getting massages etc but the last sentence leaves it a bit unclear. Don't they have two days off ? Maybe he just means it as a figure of speech, that he will give them more freedom, not literally a case of having one or two days off. Any ideas what he meant ?

 

[SamTheGuru]

I'm a bit confused, since when do we play on Tuesday. There is normally a rest day after a game I think then the rest is training...

 

[Superhands]

I'm a bit confused, since when do we play on Tuesday. There is normally a rest day after a game I think then the rest is training...

ok i'll change it to a EL week

Monday - off
Tuesday - train
Wednesday - train
Thursday - game
Friday - train (except starting XI from previous night ?)
Saturday - off
Sunday - game

do they always have Monday off regardless of whether they played on Saturday or Sunday ?

 

[Project]

I don't think he meant literally no days off. Just that on your day off your head should still be thinking about the coming game, and doing whatever is necessary to ensure peak fitness (recovery, massages, swimming etc). I get the impression that a date with Jordan isn't the kind of recovery activity he was thinking of.

 

[Mikeegrini]

Here are a couple of good pieces from Sats Guardian. The first adds to what Project said above re Johnson
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/24/roberto-mancini-adam-johnson" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010 ... am-johnson</a>


The second puts to bed the two training sessions per day thing
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/24/carlos-tevez-manchester-city" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010 ... ester-city</a>


Quote ''Yet if the armband confers added responsibilities it has singularly failed to buy his diplomatic silence or turn him into a yes man. So he stands by public criticism of Mancini's penchant for holding what Tevez regarded as unnecessarily tiring and potentially injury-provoking double training sessions last spring. "I think I was right to say that," he says. "This season, because games are coming so thick and fast, there isn't time for double training so I'm relieved it's not an issue. But I still stand by what I said."

 

[Nelly's Left Foot]

Players who play a full game will normally not fully train the following day.They may go to Carrington but do light work only and possibly just inside.The rest though would normally train.

Then the following days up to a match they would do a full training session but full doesn't mean morning and afternoon but just one or the other.On a match day if the game is in the evening they might get together in the morning for something very light, maybe just tactical.

If they play away they might well train at Carrington on the morning before they travel , it would depend on what time they have to leave.The idea they have double sessions of training is largely a myth although it has happened a few times since Mancini arrived.But they were either early on when he was getting to know them all better or early season and even then they would not both be full on hard sessions.

 

[Marvin]

Players who play a full game will normally not fully train the following day.They may go to Carrington but do light work only and possibly just inside.The rest though would normally train.

Then the following days up to a match they would do a full training session but full doesn't mean morning and afternoon but just one or the other.On a match day if the game is in the evening they might get together in the morning for something very light, maybe just tactical.

If they play away they might well train at Carrington on the morning before they travel , it would depend on what time they have to leave.The idea they have double sessions of training is largely a myth although it has happened a few times since Mancini arrived.But they were either early on when he was getting to know them all better or early season and even then they would not both be full on hard sessions.

based on the training reports it seems that Mancini is very "hands on" in training, and City spend a lot more time on tactics, organisation and positioning that they did in previous regimes. So the claim that Mancini is over-working the players rings very hollow to me

 

[Superhands]

Here are a couple of good pieces from Sats Guardian. The first adds to what Project said above re Johnson
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/24/roberto-mancini-adam-johnson" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010 ... am-johnson</a>


The second puts to bed the two training sessions per day thing
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/24/carlos-tevez-manchester-city" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010 ... ester-city</a>


Quote ''Yet if the armband confers added responsibilities it has singularly failed to buy his diplomatic silence or turn him into a yes man. So he stands by public criticism of Mancini's penchant for holding what Tevez regarded as unnecessarily tiring and potentially injury-provoking double training sessions last spring. "I think I was right to say that," he says. "This season, because games are coming so thick and fast, there isn't time for double training so I'm relieved it's not an issue. But I still stand by what I said."

interesting RM mentions johnson in both the guardian and mail articles

we haven't had a midweek off yet so not sure I agree that this issue is resolved. now we are out of the Carling Cup will be interesting to see what happens in training that week !

Players who play a full game will normally not fully train the following day.They may go to Carrington but do light work only and possibly just inside.The rest though would normally train.

Then the following days up to a match they would do a full training session but full doesn't mean morning and afternoon but just one or the other.On a match day if the game is in the evening they might get together in the morning for something very light, maybe just tactical.

If they play away they might well train at Carrington on the morning before they travel , it would depend on what time they have to leave.The idea they have double sessions of training is largely a myth although it has happened a few times since Mancini arrived.But they were either early on when he was getting to know them all better or early season and even then they would not both be full on hard sessions.

interesting, thanks.

"Players who play a full game will normally not fully train the following day.They may go to Carrington"

Is this sort of an optional thing like RM was talking about ?

so he does have them in some afternoons now instead of the mornings ?