“I can’t wait to be back, Pre-season is the time to build that camaraderie that’s so important to teams. No pre-season is ever easy. And it certainly won’t be for the lads this year. It’s important we get through the hard work together and make sure we come out of it firing."
“As a player, I enjoyed the football side. I wasn’t as keen without a ball! But some coaches would say I could never run anyway! It’s a crucial part of the season."
“On the other side of it now, as a coach, you see how important it is in terms of getting a basis for how you want to play. You’re doing it with no points on offer, so you can tinker with things a little bit more, implement things in training. It gives you more of an idea of the way you want to go."
“We have identfied the way we want to play. It’s going to be enjoyable putting it into the lads because I think they will enjoy playing the way we want them to play."
“There is nobody in a better position than Warney to give an opinion on the fitness side of pre-season. As an ex-fitness coach, he knows the ins and outs of it. Richie and I have done numerous pre-seasons. We’ve sat down and had numerous meetings about the things that we think will work and won’t work. It’s going to be tough, it’s going to be enjoyable and we’ll get across our messages to the players.”