SIMON GRAYSON

When I accepted an offer to manage Bengaluru in the summer of 2022, I had a very clear idea of how I wanted my team to play.
High intensity. High press. Winning the ball high up the pitch. I had this vision of short, sharp training sessions with everybody playing at full tilt.
Then I got there. Bangalore is in the south of India, about 900 miles north of the equator. The temperature is regularly above 30 degrees. The humidity is off the charts.
I quickly realised I’d have to think again. For example, we started off doing a keep-ball session, a four-minute segment that you repea...