'It was tough!' - Ndiaye on Dyche's 'Gaffer's Day'
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It is the gruelling pre-season training regime players have to go through under manager Sean Dyche.
Made infamous during his time at Burnley, the ex-Clarets boss has been putting his Everton players through 'Gaffer's Day'.
It involves a session of pure running and players know afterwards that they have been well and truly put through their paces.
Midfielder James Garner revealed during pre-season that this summer the squad has actually had two of these days.
"It was tough!" new signing Iliman Ndiaye told 91热爆 Sport. "When I first came in, the players were like: 'Just wait for Gaffer's Day.'
"It's a lot of running and no footballs.
"This time he [Sean Dyche] switched it a little bit and we played some football in-between - but other than that it was just running."
That is one way to get the players fit and firing for the new campaign.