Quote: davey41 "For me it wouldn’t be classed as extra training. It should be the norm? It is still the season?
We often hear coaches bemoan the fact that, due to the number of games, they don’t have time to work on things with the players in training.
This would have been the ideal time to do that?
Perhaps this is the time that sorts out those players that are prepared to go that bit extra to be successful?'"
It was a planned two week break because of the England game so presumably players from all clubs are taking the opportunity for time away - even from clubs lower than us in the table. Personally I don't begrudge them, it's a long season from pre-Christmas training up to mid Septermber or November for those involved in the World Cup.
We don't, of course, know how long players have gone away for or whether they has a personal training programme to follow.