Summertime Blues
Tuesday, 20th Mar 2012 09:15

Boss Paul Jewell has revealed that his squad will spend more of their summer than usual at Playford Road preparing for the 2012/13 season. Due to Euro 2012 and then the Olympics, which run from July 27th to August 12th, this year’s close season is longer than ever with the new campaign not starting until August 18th.

Jewell said: “The players are delighted because they’ve got to come in during the summer. They’re really pleased that they’ll be in three days a week.

“They’ll have their holidays and then they’ll be in three days a week because it’s a long old break this year and just giving them eight or nine weeks off is not an option.”

He says the club have asked the players for details of their breaks: “We have to give them three weeks consecutive holiday. I’ve had all the players’ holidays in. We’re just going through them now and then they will be in intermittently during the summer for their own good. I’m sure the wives are delighted!”

As for the pre-season tour, Jewell says that the destination is yet to be decided: “That depends on my budget.”

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Dissblue added 09:41 - Mar 20 How about some meaningful pre-season friendlies? Not all the local 'amateur' matches we usually have?
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SuperReuser added 09:47 - Mar 20 were all going on a european tour, a european tour, a european tour!
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cashleyt added 09:48 - Mar 20 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/9152998/Sir-Bob
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MickMillsTash added 10:02 - Mar 20 Will the season be extended into May? If not there will be lots of night games- cannot see too much effort being spent on the Carling Cup. May, June, July and half of August to sign the players we need to fight for promotion- surely will not be too many last day deals
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SuperReuser added 10:04 - Mar 20 Cashleyt - that is absolutely disgusting! hope they get found out and punished!
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blueoff added 10:06 - Mar 20 Plenty of time to read a manual on how to defend then !
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cashleyt added 10:18 - Mar 20 Supereuser I'm seething but nobody seems to know anything about it there's no way anybody will be caught and punished for this!
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Vexorg added 10:21 - Mar 20 Rumour of pre-season to Scotland
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grumpyoldman added 10:32 - Mar 20 Dis blue the words meaningful & friendly do not belong together, by nature they are not competitive & do not matter
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PortmanOz added 10:50 - Mar 20 Maybe its our friendly against Lazio?
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62WasBest added 11:13 - Mar 20 Had to laugh. "this year's close season is longer than ever with the new campaign not starting until August 18th. " Oh for the days when the football season didn't begin until early to mid September, instead of this round the year game.
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bigfatjoe87 added 11:14 - Mar 20 Come to DUBLIN, Ireland. its been a while
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Sindre94 added 11:21 - Mar 20 Can u PLEASE come to Norway?! PLEASE?!
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SuperReuser added 11:43 - Mar 20 I want to go to Norway just to chant Sindre's name!
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safeashouses added 11:45 - Mar 20 Like the way he assumes he will be here
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Gilesy added 12:17 - Mar 20 The season's never started mid to late September! Even back in the 50s it used to start 3rd weekend in August. I could be wrong, but it's never happened yet.
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Edinburgh_Blue added 12:42 - Mar 20 @Vexorg. I hope you're right! Friendlies against Herts and Hibs would do me nicely!
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Edinburgh_Blue added 12:43 - Mar 20 'Hearts' - typo!
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sereneblue added 12:58 - Mar 20 There's no point going to Scotland to play mickey mouse football.The Socttish leagues are a joke.Not only that it never stops raining.
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Essex_Tractor added 13:02 - Mar 20 Not keen on a pre-season in Scotland - probably benefit the team more if they left the UK away from distractions at home and helped bonding for the season ahead. Norway is a good shout if only to make Sindre's day!
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