A city with "character" is just a nice way to say it's a shithole tbh, only that you like it. No shaming in liking shitholes though.
No its not, jesus. And Canterbury is far from a shithole, most Northern cities on the other hand are.
Just looks like he's applying ice tbf, considering it's the start of preseason he's probably just doing everything to recover after training sessions and not get injured.