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or his style is Mr. Motivator, isn't it?
That's all it is.
To what, sorry?
You know.
Well, just wait and see, because if he's not, he's basically saying he's not, what he said, he said in that interview that he's not coaching the team.
You know, he's there just to try and lift the players.
I mean, it's, you know, on the face of things, it's a strange appointment.
Maybe the five-year deal, sort of Β£12 million a year, sort of hurried him along a little bit to...
to sign that.
But it does seem odd that they've got a guy in who's a great coach who's not going to coach and is in there just to... Isn't that just the timing, Chris?
Yeah, and that's hard to judge the way he's going about it, but that means that he probably is doing something different to what he has done at his previous clubs, which I don't know whether that's dangerous or not.
I'm back Jules, I'm back Jules.
I think what Craig said has reminded me of so many times in my career where, for example, the guys were saying that it's not what champions do, it's not what professionals do.
I think if you play a game of football and in that first half the effort isn't there, the desire is not there, and you're being outrun, you're being outmatched, sometimes you get in at half-time and the frustration is so large from so many people that they will shout, they will rant, they will rave, they'll be throwing boots down on the ground, and they'll be showing that level of passion because ultimately, as a professional,
it's not just about letting everyone else just like outrun you, you know, let them have their way.
You've got to be more committed and you've got to battle.
It doesn't matter whether you're a team that's at the top of the league or at the bottom of the league.