Gillingham first-team coach Nicky Southall writes exclusively for the KM Group
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Burton have been training at the FA’s National Football Centre this
week, myself, the gaffer and others had to go down to our training
ground and remove the snow ourselves.
It just shows sometimes what we are up against. Our priority is
to get those boys on a decent surface because we can’t afford any
more injuries and that’s what the snow-clearing was about.
Because of the conditions, we had to give the boys Monday off.
The 3G pitch we often use was still covered with snow and only half
the team can use our indoor facility at 44Two as they might be
carrying ankle, knee or back problems.
We were determined to get some training in, so we went down to
the training ground with shovels, and even the kit man helped. I
have to say, my back is still hanging off now!
Malcolm the kit man, bless him, was out of puff. It just shows
what love he has for this club to come out at that age. It was all
hands to the pump.
When the players came in on Tuesday and we told them we were
heading down the training ground they just looked at each other and
said "no chance". They couldn’t believe we had cleared it and they
appreciated the hard work we put in.
We had a decent training session but we started with a bit of
rugby in the snow, which was a good laugh, and there were a few
high tackles going in! It was a good day’s training.
We’re now hoping the weather improves a bit so we can have a
game on Saturday. The boys should certainly be bright and
recharged.
Last weekend’s postponement meant I was able to enjoy a bit of
time with my family before my birthday party in the evening. It was
great to see some old faces, and my parents also made the trip down
here.
The likes of Marcus Browning, Ian Cox and Alan Walker were there
among a few old Gillingham players who turned up, which was much
appreciated. There were people with one eye on the weather and one
eye on the disco, unfortunately.
I think Barry Fuller had a few issues getting home, which can’t
have been nice, but apart from the weather it was a great
evening.
We’ve got a busy period coming up now, with two games in three
days, and we need to get a bit of momentum going.
We need a good run of results now, a bit like Swindon and
Cheltenham are showing, and once we get a bit of momentum going you
can be difficult to stop. We need a right good charge at it now
with 19 games left.
Thursday, February 09 2012
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