article_snippet.sent: What you can’t afford to do is let players sit and study the fixtures and start looking at how many points players need.
article_snippet.sent: If players are too busy working out the permutations, players’re not concentrating on players game.
article_snippet.sent: If you’re working hard on the training ground looking at team shape, developing players and preparing for games, you are making much better use of your time.
article_snippet.sent: Training eases up because of injury fears and managers try to keep managers players fresh.
article_snippet.sent: At this stage of the season a week can be a long time between games.
article_snippet.sent: The only way to win is to make sure that your performance is right and that comes from hard work during the week.