AFTER the Furth match, this morning's regime was a little less intense as usual.

The players reported for breakfast at 9.00am as usual but the weather meant that they could not go out to train until 11am.

However, the players who played last night had no such work and trudged off for a light jog before going to the weights room for some re-generation exercises.

Meanwhile, the others went down to the rubber-crumb pitch for some attack v defence drills.

Firstly, one team of six took on another team of six on a narrowed pitch. Each team had a striker and could not score until the ball had been fed into his feet. There was then a crossing drill in which the defenders had to clear the ball as soon as they can and sink them into small goals on the half way line

The players were then entitled to their one and only afternoon off of the entire tour.

Graham Stack led a group of lads into Salzburg on the train whilst some of the younger members of the squad choose to stay on the complex and play on the video games they had bought with them.

We gather it is still nice weather back home in Plymouth? Well, if it is, then we don't like you because it has rained here?again. Mercifully, the forecast is good for the next few days so please keep your fingers crossed for us.

Few players will report back for tea but will certainly be expected bright and early tomorrow morning.

Chris Parsons