Interesting to think on that mate. I manage 2 teams at the minute and hace 2 assistants on each. I dont do the motivational speech bit for either. I do the team talk around tactics and how I want individuals and groups to play. Then an assistant has 2 minutes before we go out to get them fired up. One lad is brilliant at it, ex Rugby player and he talks in a way I couldnt about fighting for each other, the badge etc. I bet it is more common than we think that someone other than a manager does the final rallying call before a game. I know some clubs where the captain does that for example.Sure it was mentioned part of Peter Reids role was to give inspirational speeches in the dressing room.....found that bizarre when i read....if Reids doing that....what the fook does the manager do in the dressing room, meant to be managers role to inspire a performance isnt it?.....he was probably as good as gone at that point
