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BUZZ OF FESTIVE PERIOD IS PRECIOUS TRADITION

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The LeaguePaper Team
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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