Day 3 - Friday Aug 16 and Ted Lasso

After finally getting a good nights sleep it was an 8am start for our morning session with the temperature cool but rising throughout.  A defensive session demanding some passion and willingness to add some physicality to players games was always going to bring some tempers to a boil.  The need for the group to enjoy the hard work of defending is never an easy thing for players to buy into but I hope today planted the seed whats needed to be successful at this level when we don't have the ball.  Coach Ouimet came alive today barking orders, instructions, praise and disapproval at every opportunity making sure the players stayed focus and engaged.

When the players left the field for a lifting session the coaching staff met to discuss everything from player performances, lunch/dinner options, travel plans for our trip to Duke and lastly anything else that comes to mind.  Hoping to get some of the "house keeping" issues taken care immediately I was hoping it would give me time to relax in our break between sessions. Unfortunately I find myself somewhat working throughout the break and before i know it its 2pm and an hour from our next session.

This afternoons session was at 3pm and probably the hottest one so far.  A continuation of the AM theme if was straight into some defensive activities and then finishing with some corners.  This session saw the return of Irizarry.  Impatiently hes been waiting for the call up and with players sitting as a precaution he knew he was getting closer to being called in and playing in his first session.  Like Rickie Lambert receiving the call hes getting picked for the national team, it happened about 3.05pm.. As hes taking the warm up the player numbers just didn't add up and I let him know I'm gonna need him to play.  Sharp as a razor on the ball and off we'll be looking forward to seeing more of Irizarry especially as Ouimet is about 4 weeks from full fitness to get involved.

Raise High Moment of the Day
With the Premier League starting tomorrow, if you haven't seen this yet watch it now: New Spurs Boss Ted Lasso