I am a big old lump of strange contradictions
On a pitch I am a fighter - never sent off - never booked
I treat everyone I play against with respect even if I feel they don’t deserve it because it’s just a game
I never went in for the dark arts and played to a reasonable level (Saturday league - same as most)
I am 48 and still play - football has given me loads of joy - I try to pass that onto the kids
all I ever ask of my teams is that they are fit and work hard
So whether I think we can win a game or not is irrelevant and never really comes up
I ask that they are respectful to the opposition. Anyone who cannot abide by that leaves the club.
The 3 best technical players I have ever coached were sent to other clubs because of this.
my teams have been successful and failed - I believe that to be healthy
if we win too many I find a team that will beat us
Grassroots is usually easy - you get shocks but generally the better teams win - once it all levels out games are more interesting imho
all that is in my control - so not really any need for pessimism- not sure if that makes sense
But I know what I mean lol
We are talking on here about what I expect to happen mainly because of my own personal luck
So I expect things to go badly lol

So the pessimism comes out more lol