Lol at United - it's great viewing
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Lol at United - it's great viewing
I have a Man U fan mate who's as plastic as it gets and insists on keeping everything off-pitch at arms length........
.......Fucker's had this shit coming to him for years!
He failed his interview here, yet we were mocked (by our own in some cases!) for heeding the very things described in this clip.
Yeah wasn't charismatic enough or something.
No matter how good you are in this country especially you need to be a passion merchant, it just translates across much better to English fans and the media, if you're not jumping up and down on the touchline and trying to gee your players on then you're seen as weak and aloof.
All the other managers in the top 6 have that in them (Even Arteta now) Ten Haag just sits there and watches the match go by, it just doesn't translate very well so the media are always going to pick on him because it looks like he's out of his depth.
Looking at things from a less cynical angle; it's hardly inspiring for the players is it?
Yes but some managers can get away with it and have that natural gravitas
Indeed...... Personality and aura comes in various forms.
It’s stupid IMO. Only thing that matters is that he can inspire his players.
No one will care if he’s jumping up and down on the touchline if he is winning games.
This lack of passion people think they see is just an excuse for people that lack critical thinking.
The media try to make it out like giving short answers in interviews is a bad thing because it affects THEM. But they are just selfish cunts and can fuck of. Now they are trying to sway public opinion to force managers give longer answers.
The very distinct suggestion is that he lacks the charisma to inspire his players.
Why is it a lack of critical thinking....... ????
Because people assume that if he doesn’t jump up and down on the touch line, he doesn’t inspire players. There could be correlation between the two but its no certainty. It’s just an assumption based on very little.
If the team was winning, no one would care if he took naps during the match (I exaggerate but you get the point).
If someone says, “ETH shows little passion on the touch line… it’s possible he might not be inspiring the players”, that’s fair.
If they say “ETH shows little passion on the touch line… he lacks the ability to inspire the players” then that is jumping to a conclusion… aka pretty much making shit up with faulty reasoning.
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The comments in that video extend beyond simply not "jumping about" so there's a degree of strawman to the contention going on above.
I doubt the expectation in his Spurs interview was centered around whether or not he was jumping around in Levy's office.
To be clear, I was talking about the video and not the interview with spurs. She criticizes him for just taking notes during the game and for giving short answers in press conferences and then she jumps to the conclusion that he has no connection with his players. How does she reach that conclusion? It’s just a wild guess and it’s BS to make that shit up.
Majority of media are extroverted and dont understand introverted behaviors and link it with being weak.
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The video alone speaks beyond just "jumping about"..... and it corresponds with what we heard about the interview.
(You insinuated that this depicts a lack of critical thinking when it's the complete opposite.)
That's the whole point of what I've just been saying, but your dismissal seems to be insistent that people are merely hoodwinked by "jumping about".
