1:45pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
By Anthony Matthews
Watford’s players returned to a scorching London Colney today to begin their preparations for the new Championship campaign.
In temperatures approaching 30 degrees, manager Malky Mackay and his new backroom staff put all the senior squad, including the likes of Nathan Ellington, John Eustace and John-Joe O’Toole, who were on loan at other clubs at the end of last season, through their paces on their first day back.
“It’s always the case,” smiled the Hornets boss. “No matter what happens weather-wise the first day of pre-season is always baking hot. But it’s great to be back in.
“In the last couple of weeks I’ve been all over the place in terms of courses and various things happening, but to actually get back to the coal face again...in the last couple of days we’ve had the staff in making sure that the organisation is all correct and the way the standards are the way I want them, and the structure’s in place the way I want it. To that effect, this morning the players have come in and it’s gone like clockwork.
“I’m delighted that things are in place the way I want them in terms of the structure and they came in and they’ve worked well this morning. It’s day one, it’s morning one but it’s good to be back.”
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