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St Johnstone Train in Horizontal Rain; Manager Calls It ‘Match Preparation for Scotland’

Squad 'reoriented' after Thursday's confusing shadows.

Football training in the rain, a national tradition.

Football training in the rain, a national tradition. Photo: Tadeáš Bednarz, “Daniel Souček U21 Czech Republic vs Greece 10-10-2019”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

PERTH — St Johnstone returned to traditional training conditions on Friday — wet, windy, and philosophically coherent — after Thursday’s sunshine left several players marking their own shadows.

“This is football weather,” said a coach. “You can see the ball, then you can’t, then it’s in your sock.”

McDiarmid’s sprinklers rested, redundant.

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