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[Football] Potter in the Guardian
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
It seems revolutionary, but I can't help go back to the approach of the likes of Clough and Busby, who actually were more about the players and their well being than tactics and coaching. I'm not saying this wasn't important, but they had Jimmy Murphy and Peter Taylor to do that. Clough would excuse Tony Woodcock from training so they could play squash together (Brian was a superb player apparently), Busby again like Potter with an impressive record of getting the best out of young players.
It seems a departure from an obsession with statistics, marginal gains, etc. etc. and just good old fashioned understanding someone to get the best out of them.
The things he's said about the previous manager, complimenting him on the foundations laid, praising the work previously done all points to the fact we have another real gent in charge of the first team.
I'm increasingly confident that he has something about him that will trigger the best out of the players, whether their best is good enough will of course remain to be seen.
It seems a departure from an obsession with statistics, marginal gains, etc. etc. and just good old fashioned understanding someone to get the best out of them.
The things he's said about the previous manager, complimenting him on the foundations laid, praising the work previously done all points to the fact we have another real gent in charge of the first team.
I'm increasingly confident that he has something about him that will trigger the best out of the players, whether their best is good enough will of course remain to be seen.
el punal
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Everything that has been written and said about Graham Potter has been promising, I sincerely hope that his management style leads to better performances and results. I must admit I’m really looking forward to the coming season, and pray that it’s not going to be a damp squib.
Palacefinder General
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- Apr 5, 2019
- 2,594
Surprising, but also good to hear about Clough. I'd always assumed the cuff round the ear, 'man up, lad' approach was his.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Some brilliant stories about Clough from his players in their books. Frank Clark got a bollocking once because the players had been given a day off to relax and rest, and Clough found out he'd gone out for a run!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Sounds like he'll have all our players sat cross-legged round a campfire smoking hippy crack, chanting Kum Ba Yah and weaving daisychains into each others hair, before heading off to a crocheting workshop to make some vegan yoga mats.
I'm IN.
I'm IN.
Jeeez one positive article in the Guardian and you'd throw your own grandmother under a bus.
Publius Ovidius
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Blimey, he is a tree hugging Grauniad reader!
Perfect for our right on football club!
Perfect for our right on football club!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Teaching our players how to knit yoghurt.
basque seagull
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- Oct 21, 2012
- 361
Great article! Thanks for that! Sounds like a great guy!
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GT49er
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He didn't do much nurturing of players while he was at Brighton! Only good thing here did here was leave Peter Taylor behind when he left.
Barham's tash
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You forget the weekly yoghurt knitting sessions. Compulsory. Or so I’ve heard.
Bevendean Hillbilly
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I’ll never forget getting a hair tousle and a “hello young man” from Clough when I was a 10 yr old playing for Birkenhead Boys at Forests training ground.
I think he ****ed off to the bar straight after mind.
Somewhere on T'internet you need to find political comedian and obsessive Forest fan Matt Forde describing his 2 meetings with Clough.
You did well to get a "hello young man".
Sod it, I'll do the heavy lifting:-
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Bevendean Hillbilly
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I’ll never forget getting a hair tousle and a “hello young man” from Clough when I was a 10 yr old playing for Birkenhead Boys at Forests training ground.
I think he ****ed off to the bar straight after mind.