Walkthrough — Shape and Team Talk

Walk the likely starting 11 through the shape at zero intensity — defensive press triggers, attacking width, set-piece assignments. Then bring the whole squad together. Coach delivers the pre-match team talk. Five minutes of free passing to finish. No sprinting, no headers, no contact.

• Every player walks away knowing their role and the role of the two players nearest them.
• Reinforce the positives from the week: name them out loud so the players hear what they've built.
• Tomorrow we're ready. We go again — and this time it counts.

• Ask the senior players (Sowers, Navas, Barnock) to echo back the shape expectations — leadership embed before game one.
• Close with the camp points leaderboard result announced — let the competition end with a winner and some noise.