Cup Fever from Torquay to Milan

Great days!. The F.A. cup is upon us, brilliant moments and memories from past years. That's what this competition is all about so let's hope we have a good run this season and put a smile on the Chairman's face!.
I saw a friend of mine today, Richard Carr-Hyde, a brilliant chiropractor based in Newton Abbot. He was telling me about his recent trips to AC Milan on a consultancy basis to work alongside his friend , the head of the medical department Jean Pierre Meersemann. Jean Pierre probably lives near Lake Coma in a mountainside palace with butler service and enough horsepower in the drive to impress even Jeremy Clarkson.
On his most recent trip Rich was working with Fillipo Inzaghi an Italian International and Milan star. OK enough I'm saying to Rich but no there's more.
All players at Milan have a ten point checklist before going into a game, psychological analysis, blood tests, vitamin and mineral levels, and levels of co2 expelled are just some of the tests undertaken. That's before we get to any 'niggle' a player might have!. If a player fails to get above 6.8 he doesn't even play!
This ten point system has been effective in that the injury percentage has been reduced by about 96%. Since Meersemann has been at Milan the squad has been dramatically reduced no doubt saving tens of millions. Not bad for someone who was already very successfull in his own practice, but if Silvio Berlusconi were to offer you a couple of million a year at an Italian giant hey why not.
I'm just wondering whether a tight groin, a glass ankle and having to have a couple of injections in the ribs will keep me out of the game tomorrow. Oh and then there's my mental state which after hearing all this is quite fragile!. Hey it's the F.A cup though Ten point test or not!.
A great insight to life at a big club though. It's also going to be Meersemann's final decsision on whether David Beckham passes his medical, no pressure there then!. I know after speaking to a few Italian player's over the years how dedicated they are and I'm not sure how Managers and chairman in Italy would handle Joey Barton. I don't buy into the second third and fourth chances, we all know if he was in the lower leagues and not worth six million quid he would be dropped like a stone, a long, long way . Rant over speak soon.

CH