It's Alright For Some

The christmas break is long-gone, and I don't know about you, but the few extra days off at Easter still seem a long way off. If you're a professional footballer though, this is an ideal time for a training trip to Dubai. Tough life isn't it? Aidy says;

"The players will be training just as they would over here, but they'll be doing so in much better conditions."

The trip is designed to build a bit of team spirit before the final for the last 12 games, with Collins John, Eustace, Bromby and new Robbo all fresh faces in the squad, hopefully the trip will be a useful bonding excerise. Lets hope they get some shooting practice in, after the frustrating 0-0 draw with Preston at the weekend.

Finger's crossed that the rearguard action didn't take too much out of Preston, as the take on Stoke at Deepdale tonight. They've been in excellent home form since the new year, beating everyone (including us and the baggies) except Portsmouth in the cup, so hopefully they'll complete a hat-trick of promotion scalps tonight. Come on the Lilywhites.

One player not sunning himself, erm, I mean training hard in Dubai is Matt Jackson. This can be taken as a sign that he's not in Aidy's plans for the rest of the season. Instead he captained a young stiffs in last night's 1-2 home defeat to Wycombe, the team included Jordan Parkes, back from Brentford, Santiago Aloi, and Lewis, little brother of Ashley, Young.