[betterthanbaird]

I assume it's also a ploy to get them out of the club.

I don't know if any of you have read the secret footballer but he talks about being sent to train separately and it's widely thought to be Dave Kitson and he'd almost definitely talking about his time at Stoke under Pulis. I don't think it's very unusual to send players to train separately and it's clearly not harming them that much because Sess and Anichebe have both done well when they've come back from it.