Only captain Aliou Cisse is still on the injured list, but Cisse did put his football boots on for the first time since injuring himself last Monday in training.
D. in neuropsychology who has worked on performance training with PGA Tour pros, elite athletes from football and baseball, Navy SEALs and NASA astronauts.
The former Crewe, Leicester, Birmingham and Blackburn midfielder took a break from pre-season trainingon Tuesday to talk to BBC Radio Stoke about his life, his football career and his hopes for the future.