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26 june 2001 Went into the training ground yesterday morning (Monday), few faces there I hadn't seen for a while. John Clinkard the Physio was back after a 2 week holiday which was good for me as he's the one who had a lot to do with me getting fit after the groin injury last season, so he gave me a checking out and everything was fine, a couple of clicks here and there but nothing serious. Juppy and Blackers both seem to be doing well and will be there or there abouts when the first pre-season game comes up, both long distance kings so they'll probably just need some sharpness work and maybe a few speed drills with Daley or Goodie. Kjetil and Andreas had a week each in Norway and are also looking good, Andreas will be longer than Kjetil by a couple of months but he is positive. Kjetil has still some pain over the fracture site of his tibia but has been assured that's pretty normal. Dessie Byrne was also in and doing his abductor strengthening work, something myself and Kenny are well accustomed to. Des says he's looking forward to the coming season and challenging for a game at left back. Wayne Gray also popped in and he is the only casualty at the moment, but its only a summer cold so he should be okay for Friday or definitely Monday. All the internationals are still on their breaks, but I did speak with Trond today and he's doing fine, disappointed that Norway had some bad results but he said it was good to get a game. He also told me he's going to play with a band in Norway on Saturday in front of about 150 people, all the best mate but they wont be as good as us :-) Reports on various site are saying that Neal Ardley is close to signing a new deal with us. Bang goes my number 7 shirt then eh! -only kidding. I think its good if we can keep the majority of last year's squad, just hope we can hang on to Jason but I'm not sure we will. If anything breaks with anyone then I'll get it on here as soon as. Goodie made an appearance at the training ground today and told me that Friday and Saturday this week are purely testing days:- Speed, Bleep, Fat, and Endurance tests and a weigh in, sounds great.....not. Don't like the sound of the endurance test I know what the rest are but that one is worrying me slightly. He says we are getting the balls out even on the first day which is unusual in pre-season but sounds great to me, just hope he was telling the truth. I'm meeting Stewart Castledine this afternoon and going on his boat which he has on the Thames somewhere, be good to see him as we have remained pretty good mates since he left. Really nice guy and never was beaten at an arm wrestle while at the Dons, even the now Ipswich Hermanator couldn't take him. Nothing more to report really except the famous 15lb Carp record came close to being beaten this afternoon, 13lbs Mirror Carp came out of Bury Hill Fisheries in Dorking so the long hair picture still remains! Gareth. all content copyright © 2001 - no content to be reproduced without permission.
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