Wild Bill wrote:Double training on Xmas day before a match sounds a bit harsh and possibly counter productive. Remember Jim a couple of years back giving the players the day off at home and they got a result. Guess it's always the correct decision if you pick up 3 points.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, as ever, and quite right WB, if we had won today, then the Christmas Day double session training would have been classed as masterful. But I echo your thoughts, in relation to the both the physical, and psychological effect of the decision. Before anybody bulldozes in, I am not making comparisons to previous managers, or taking a big swipe at DA.
Carlos for one, looked “cooked,” well before he was subbed imo. Our real danger-man.