- Aug 31, 2012
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Last/this season, Pre-season started 5 &1/2 weeks before out 1st game, we played 5 friendlies, the 1st of which came after 10 days of training. Coming straight from a tournament, they shouldn't need as much conditioning, so I would think 4 weeks would be fine, but you have to worry about the little amount of rest they will be getting.I did wonder as well if Spurs did a deal to give Kane/Pritchard/Carroll 10 days rest from 1 June so they join up with u21 squad missing the friendly on June 11th but a week before the tournament. And in turn the 3 weeks after the tournament might be slimmed down to 2 weeks, which makes a 3 week pre-season leading to the Audi Cup and 4 weeks to the start of Pl which might be just about enough