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Last time we came back from a training camp in spain was great eh ?

Although I'm not greatly enamoured with this Spanish break, I must comment that the circumstances were different for Hibs La Manga pre-season prep leading up to the Rangers match in the thingummy cup! I attended that match at ER Stadium and one glaring aspect that came out of this match was the fact that fitness levels of Hibs players appeared to be much lower than those of Rangers at that current time and Stubbs admitted that was the case in the bar after Hibs AGM in December. We use SM University sports scientists and other highly qualified sports advisors who set the training routines/regime to gradually raise our players' fitness levels up to full match fitness and he admitted that had not been achieved at that time and also that's why certain players didn't get a game either! These advisors also deal with the most effective methods to tackle players' injuries and rehabilitate them as quickly as poss to get them 'back up to speed'. Different football club, different prep techniques and time durations set out to cover the early start to the season and I'd say sometimes some matches have to be sacrificed in order to achieve that goal. . IMO unimpressive but that scenario is very different to the current one! Also did Hibs not travel to La Manga before the Scottish Cup final v Celtic? They're certainly undeterred when it comes to this kinda arrangement in Spain - I wouldn't mind tagging along to relax and 'chill out' particularly at this time of the year! Roll on to the spring weather eh!