Nice guys

[drillerpie]

Loved it when we were proper nasty and hated by other clubs, Sirrel, Warnock, Allardyce, Allen. none of those could be described as nice people.

I think they could all be perfectly charming most of the time, but they all also had the ruthless 'other side' to them that motivated players so they would give that extra 10% to avoid seeing that other side, especially to not see it directed towards them.

You can't have a complete tyrant as manager because he would just become hated, but you do need a bit of an edge which then is transmitted to the players.

[Carlton_Pie]

I think they could all be perfectly charming most of the time, but they all also had the ruthless 'other side' to them that motivated players so they would give that extra 10% to avoid seeing that other side, especially to not see it directed towards them.

You can't have a complete tyrant as manager because he would just become hated, but you do need a bit of an edge which then is transmitted to the players.

What you describe is basic man management

[the_anticlough]

What you describe is basic man management

Klopp is the best example at the moment of a very nice guy with an edge to him

We have to get some mental strength from somewhere