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BUZZ OF FESTIVE PERIOD IS PRECIOUS TRADITION

by
Simon Grayson
29 December 2024

Simon Grayson

IF YOU polled every manager in the EFL about whether they’ll get players into training on Christmas Day, I think it would be about a 50/50 split. It’s a difficult one, because you’ve got to make sure everyone is looking after themselves but also allow for family time.
I had one owner pull me after a Boxing Day defeat and say ‘Well why didn’t you have the players in yesterday?’.
I said to him ‘Well I know for a fact that the team we played weren’t in either’. I’ve done it both ways, and there’s ...

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