Dundee United manager Micky Mellon had to improvise due to the poor weather conditions in Scotland this week. With players unable to come to the club for training, the United boss organised a Zoom training session. A session which he feels was a success.
“There’s safety issues involved in it and the roads on Wednesday were treacherous, and it wouldn’t have been right to ask the players to try and get in, so we did a bit of a Zoom session with them that they found very tough, but that’s good” he said.
“It’s something different”
“It’s a tough session for them, but they enjoy it, it’s something different, get on with it. It’s about being adaptive in these mad, crazy times, so they got it done, and we got good training done on Thursday indoor” Mellon disclosed.
Mellon also took time to praise defender Ryan Edwards, who has recently been on the scoresheet for the Tannadice club. The United boss feels that if the delivery is good enough, Edwards has the ability to find the back of the net.
“One of his great strengths”
“In England, Ryan was always one who would be expected to do well at set plays – in both boxes. That has been one of his great strengths. So if we can get the delivery into him then Ryan has the aggression and ability to get on the end of things” Mellon mused.
Weather permitting, United face an intriguing game on Saturday against Livingston. The teams go into the game on the back of contrasting results. United defeated Ross County in their last game, whilst Livingston saw their long unbeaten run ended by St Johnstone.