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Notts County manager Luke Williams recently spoke about player injuries and pre-season training. He discussed the minor issues that some players had with tightness and how they were removed from training and the friendly match to avoid making their injuries worse. The club is preparing for the start of the new season by avoiding unnecessary complications and injuries. Williams said that these minor issues are to be expected given the amount of workload at this time of year and that they are not too big of an issue with three friendlies still left to get in before the season starts. He also mentioned that Aden Baldwin is recovering well from his injury but will need a bit longer, while Junior Morias is in a similar situation. Both players have completed the beginning of their rehabilitation inside the gym and on the treatment bed and are now spending more time on the grass. Pre-season training was also discussed by Williams, who explained that it is focused on conditioning and getting the players to the correct level of fitness to sustain them over a long season. He mentioned that this is the time of year when they get their base fitness and that they also work on their understanding of tactical stuff. The training session on the morning of the game, although not ridiculously hard, still took some energy out of the players’ legs, and they came into the game a bit fatigued from the week and from the morning session, according to Williams. In an interview with Nick Richardson of the Notts County media team, Notts County manager Luke Williams discussed player injuries and pre-season training. Williams mentioned that some players, such as Tobi and Connell, had minor issues with tightness and were removed from training and the friendly match to avoid making their injuries worse. "When he [Tobi Adebayo-Rowling] felt some tightness, we said it's not worth risking him to make it a worse injury," Williams said. "So it's a very minor thing, and we expect him to be on the grass again on Friday." He also mentioned that Aaron Nemane had a similar issue with tightness from repeating the amount of times he hits the ball in training. "He [Aaron Nemane] felt a tightness," Williams said. "But it's something that we know well with Aaron. We know how his body is and as soon as he feels the beginning of something, we remove him from training and from the friendly." Williams said that these minor issues are to be expected given the amount of workload at this time of year and that they are not too big of an issue with three friendlies still left to get in before the season starts. "When guys are picking up some fatigue, really, if we didn't push them really hard this time of year, we're doing something wrong," Williams said. "So we have no problem with these minor things, and we withdraw the players at the right time." He also mentioned that Aden Baldwin is recovering well from his injury but will need a bit longer, while Junior Morias is in a similar situation. Both players have completed the beginning of their rehabilitation inside the gym and on the treatment bed and are now spending more time on the grass. "Aden [Baldwin] is recovering really well from his injury, but he's going to need a bit longer," Williams said. "And he's on track and everything is going according to plan. So he's now on the grass running on the training pitch." Williams also discussed pre-season training, explaining that it is focused on conditioning and getting the players to the correct level of fitness to sustain them over a long season. He mentioned that this is the time of year when they get their base fitness and that they also work on their understanding of tactical stuff. "This time of year is really very much about conditioning, getting the guys to the correct level of condition that they need to sustain them over a long season," Williams said. "And this is where you know we get our base from." Williams acknowledged that the training session on the morning of the game, although not ridiculously hard, still took some energy out of the players' legs and that they came into the game a bit fatigued from the week and from the morning session. However, he said that this was done deliberately to get them into the right place for the league. "Ordinarily, of course, the players would be fresh going into a game, but this time of year we're topping up their conditioning and also topping up their understanding of tactical stuff," Williams said. "So we trained this morning not ridiculously hard but of course it still took it out of their legs. And then they come here a bit fatigued from the week and a bit fatigued from this morning." Confidence in his team’s ability to handle minor injuries and fatigue during pre-season training is expressed by Williams. He believes that pushing his players hard at this time of year is necessary to get them into top condition for the upcoming season. With three friendlies still left before the season starts, there is plenty of time for Williams to continue working on his team’s fitness and tactical understanding. Please consider starting a new topic if you can think of a good discussion within the forum. Also, don’t forget to check out the latest content within the Pride of Nottingham via the dashboard page!