I’ve just been reading an article on what makes the best sports teams... https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/what-makes-a-great-sports-team-sam-walker/12454814 Then I looked at the book the article was written about https://www.amazon.com.au/Captain-C...lass&qid=1595742332&sr=8-1&tag=googlestdau-22 Think I’ll buy the book I nicked this off the Sunderland board Fascinating. The lad on there likened this to Roy Keane at Man U I know the Steelers team mentioned had jack lambert as their captain and he was fearsome. Keeping the team back for hours if they lost Sure could do with a great captain now. Ash fits the mould as does Brian Horton.
A sense of pride in seeing it become greater than the sum of its parts. The level is largely irrelevant, but the sense of togetherness, fight, hope, optimism and relative achievement, no matter how modest and however humble the beginnings is absolutely everything. To me anyway.
Seems approriate if League Two is next. By the way, have you been raiding Barry Manilow's closet? A great line from The Breakfast Club. Brilliant movie.
I love that film. It sends out a great message too. Also a great song by by Simple Minds. "Will You Walk On By, Or Will You Call My Name"?
Good disciplined players, some who are leaders with experience and character, a sprinkling of stardust, everyone including all off the field pulling in the same direction, a half decent proven coach who's tactically astute and flexible.......oh bollocks, we've got none (well may be very little) of that!
A club from top to bottom internally and externally all pulling in the same direction. That rules us out for the foreseeable future.
Eleven blokes who'd rather nail their bollocks to a tree than lose. So in my humble estimation we're about 11 players short of being a great team.
we are very close to that tbf .... mega rich, pathetic owners ... maybe they saw that and thought it needed shortening?
