This is just so us. Just when we are going to do something right, it's still the wrong option.
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Have a watch of the Maddison video I mentioned. He’s always goofing about with Archie Gray. It should be a serious work place, not a holiday camp. Sure we need players to keep standards high and make it an enjoyable place to work, but there are different ways of doing that. Can you imagine Harry Kane coming in and seeing that behaviour, he’d go mad. There’s a lack of seriousness at the club from the players I feel. Always wanting to blame everyone else except themselves. No self reflection or so it seems.
TBF Kane took part in the training room cricket games and choir during his time with us.
IMO, there should be room for playing around and levity in their days. They do work in a high pressure trade. But they need to be locked in during "business hours". And the players need to enforce that upon themselves just as much as the leadership from above needs to.
If everyone is aligned with the idea of competing and winning and doing that it takes to do that. Then having a bit of fun in between training sessions is perfectly fine. If there's no clear guidelines or accountability from up above, then the goofing off will take over.
Mate totally disagree with you. Part of being in a dressing room is having fun with your team mates. They spend so much time together and it can’t be too regimented and disciplined. Once you go over that white line and start training then that’s when you switch to serious mode.
Being part of a dressing room is one of the best parts of being a footballer. That’s what you miss the most when it’s gone.
Top place for great bantz win lose or draw!
There’s nothing worse than cunts moping about on a Monday after losing a game of football. They are the ones that drag others down. The boys that are upbeat and enthusiastic even after win,lose or draw are the guys that keep the place going.
There are different characters in dressing rooms and you’ll have your loud daft guys,your quiet guys(like Kane) your fun guys but it’s the bubbly guys that keep it going.
I’m all for being professional and doing your job right but there is a time and a place for it. As I said these guys spend so much time together and it’s so important they can enjoy their working environment even when they are not winning.
I know you used to play, so hope you know I’m asking this in the most positive way. How much time do you actually spend with your team mates a week? Is it more or less than the 50-60 hours I spend with my colleagues?
Frank was much more bullish in the last press conference,
None of that shit about talking the club and fans down to lower expectations and pressure.
Why did nobody tell him to do that from the start?
None of that shit about talking the club and fans down to lower expectations and pressure.
Why did nobody tell him to do that from the start?
I think he has some assurances from the board after some meetings. But to say he's positive about our past games, I think he's just plain delusional.
Yeah that part was flagrant bullshit
Honestly think some of it is the rep of Romero and Richy. Romero could fart and the ref will give him a card with Neville screaming ‘done it again’.
Man UTD look MUCH BETTER already under Carrick
I think a lot of the managers that come from smaller clubs or lesser leagues just need to find their time. Ange with the Man City thing got burned and learned. It’s a different level with us, pressure wise Spurs is closer to United than Celtic and Brentford are to us.
Was still talking fantasy bullshit though
Wind ups in the team I played for were off the scale!
Great fun!
It was different back then in terms of time you spent at training and match day. Max 22 hours a week but nowadays and in the premier league with training grounds and facilities these guys will be in a lot longer. You will be looking at 40 hours plus now that players will be in. The game is completely different now. Back in my day there was very little staff. You came in and trained or if you were injured you saw the physio. You trained and got your lunch and then went back out and trained. No rubs,nobody stretching you,no cryo chambers,no hydro pools. There was no pre warm up coaches,numerous physios,strength and conditioning staff. The game has been complicated and too much science in it now. Hamstrings,groin and calf injuries were few and far between.
The thing I miss most is the dressing room though. I have friends for life because of the amount of time you spent with them.
Did read earlier paratici wanted de zerbi at start of season rather than frank. I'm gutted we didnt pursue de zerbi tbh.
When Jose was at Inter they fostered a environment where the players more or less did not want to leave the training ground until lateish in the evening. Once training was done for the day everyone just hung out and the players families dropped in during the afternoon for collective meals and such. But during training and games everyone was all business. The fun was a reward for hard work.
That’s the stuff that brings everyone together. I go to a gym now that my mate and former teammate owns and we still talk about the shit we got up to 25/30 years ago
That’s the stuff that brings everyone together. I go to a gym now that my mate and former teammate owns and we still talk about the shit we got up to 25/30 years ago
The shampoo in the shower was always a good one when you waited until a teammate started to rinse his hair and a couple of you kept squeezing more shampoo on his head!!