Carl Robinson's Official Blog

The philedelphia union has formed and they have their first 10 players on the roster after selecting them earlier in the week. The manager peter nowack picked wisely and hardly spent any money out of his salary cap. There were eight of us that were made available during the selection but none of us were chosen on this day. The same day that the selections were made i managed to do a little business deal with parting with my flat that i owned in london after 5 years so it was a very good day.

This weekend has been excellent as i went to watch the wales v australia rugby match at a packed out millenium stadium where wales could of gone up to 3rd ranking in the world but failed badly as the aussies came out on top. Sunday was a cracking day for football as four big games all had away team winners as birmingham, liverpool, ipswich and chelsea gained the upper hand in each tie. Then to the el classico derby between barcelona and real madrid. A pur football match, with silky skills, sending offs, great moves and the one goal. Barca won by a goal from only the second swede to play in the derby match!!!

Back with toronto we have now started our out of season work as windy has sent our programme s through to us to start our build up to return in february. This work is crucial as when returning its not to get fit, its to be fit and ready to go. The work is a slow build up, but its tough, with the aerobic sessions then followed by the strength sessions. We all need to be raring to go as with the new manager in place everyone is starting with a clean slate and trying to earn their spot on the team. Like i have always said, ” Hard work is never easy”.

Only four weeks to christmas….. x