02-01-2016, 21:12
The quote is...
“We weren’t really getting a look in, but we’ve always been doing training on our own"
'Not getting a look in' is referring to match time. The way 'training alone' is said straight after that, it suggests extra training to make up for lack of match fitness, IMO.
It's pretty common at professional level for players to do extra training if they're coming back from injury or not playing.
I don't believe Pulis would include players like Anichebe, Sess and McManaman in the squad regularly had they not been training with the first team.
Also, on this basis, there would also only be 13/14 players training.
For me this is a generic marketing interview to show he's not as much of a gamble (lack of match fitness) for prospective employers. The journo says has interpreted it in the way it makes the best story.
“We weren’t really getting a look in, but we’ve always been doing training on our own"
'Not getting a look in' is referring to match time. The way 'training alone' is said straight after that, it suggests extra training to make up for lack of match fitness, IMO.
It's pretty common at professional level for players to do extra training if they're coming back from injury or not playing.
I don't believe Pulis would include players like Anichebe, Sess and McManaman in the squad regularly had they not been training with the first team.
Also, on this basis, there would also only be 13/14 players training.
For me this is a generic marketing interview to show he's not as much of a gamble (lack of match fitness) for prospective employers. The journo says has interpreted it in the way it makes the best story.