Connor: Know the Score! - Ipswich Town News
Assistant boss Terry Connor was amused to hear midfielder Luke Hyam’s comments on the tough pre-season workout he and the rest of the squad were put through while in Ireland last week.
On Thursday, four days into the camp at Carton House in Kildare, the 21-year-old tweeted: "Day 4: legs falling off.”
A laughing Connor responded: "Tell Luke Hyam, I’ll tweet back to him ‘It’s pre-season and he knows the score!’.
"We’ve worked hard for two weeks and [fitness coach] Andy Liddell puts them through their paces physically and we still demand when they do their football drills that they do them at top speed, at top whack.
"So, yes, they’re going to feel tired but we’ve tried to mix in the physical work with rest and hopefully we’ll see by 3rd August a team that’s prepared, ready for a full season.”
Connor was set to speak to manager Mick McCarthy — who returned from Ireland early for a charity event and missed Saturday’s Shelbourne friendly - yesterday regarding trialists Dean Gerken and Dan Seaborne. Gerken has been training with Town for a fortnight, while Seaborne was with the squad in Ireland.
As revealed last week, talks had already begun regarding the former Colchester and Bristol City keeper joining the Blues, while Town are also understood to have started discussions with the ex-Southampton central defender regarding a deal at Portman Road.
The duo and new signing Paul Anderson look set to be involved in Wednesday’s pre-season friendly at Crawley (KO 7.45pm).
We understand talks are also continuing between the Blues and Hyam regarding the extension to his contract.
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