Steve McClaren

And I just, I'd made my mind up, I've had enough of this.

I am just going to be myself and try and be authentic and just deliver what I can.

And so from that moment on,

I decided ignore the noise, be polite, say what you want, but focus on the job, which was winning football matches.

I'd always thought I had been.

And you always play, you know, and I always say to many managers now, the game is theatre.

It's theatre.

And if you treat it as a great show and you're part of that show,

And you don't get too ahead of yourself and think it's just about you and it's just about your team.

No, it's the game in general.

It's the whole sideshow.

It's the whole fans, community, media, press.

So, you know, I remember someone saying that to me.

You just part the sideshow, Steve.

You just part the sideshow.

You know, just enjoy it, you know.

So I tried to do that a little bit more.

And that's when, yeah, just be myself a little bit more in front of the cameras instead of, right, I've got three messages to deliver.

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