Potter: The best three weeks training since I’ve been at the club

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Albion boss praises his squad following return to training.

Alex Stedman

2020-06-11T15:44:00Z

Albion head coach Graham Potter.

Graham Potter says his players have trained better in recent weeks than at any time during his 13 months as head coach.

The Seagulls host Arsenal at the Amex on 20th June and the boss is pleased with what he’s seen from the squad in the build-up to the season’s resumption.

He said, “The boys have come back in a really good way and I’d say we’ve had the best three weeks training since I’ve been at the club.

“The performance, attitude and quality has been really high. We’ve had a long and frustrating period out which wasn’t nice to go through but people lost their lives [to coronavirus] and that puts things into perspective.

“But now we’ve got the go ahead to play we want to be out there. We have nine tough games left which is the challenge of the competition, but I’m really happy with how the players have approached the return.”

Part of the Premier League’s Project Restart campaign includes protocols around social distancing and testing.

The head coach is satisfied with how the new measures have been implemented and says that they haven’t affected the squad’s usual routine too drastically.

“We have a fantastic group of staff here who have made sure everything has run smoothly and the players have responded to that in a really positive manner,” he added.

“We’ve had to change things slightly due to social distancing, we have been tested twice a week and there’s probably a little bit less interaction off the field because of the protocols in place, but the sessions themselves are pretty much the same as before - I wouldn’t say there is too much difference to normal.

“We’ve been fortunate and worked well as a group and a bubble but we need to be ready to adapt if we have to.”