Quote Originally Posted by Old_pie View Post
It was Jimmy who did not tell the team that his wife had died that day until AFTER the match so as to not disrupt the preparations.
Yes, Bradd says that's when he came to respect Jimmy's stance that he'd taken in the 1970s, Bradd obviously didn't take it well at the time, but the death of Jimmy's wife showed him that Sirrel was sincere in his total dedication to the club.
You can't force that upon people, it's character, but we're obviously lacking that now. LW had it to a degree, he'd gone through adversity and applied himself instead of playing the victim. It was this sort of incident that allowed LW to step up to the plate and show the fans what he was about, but obviously in his case it was within a few weeks of his first game in charge. Maynard can take control of this, but it may have come too late for him as an opportunity to assert his authority over his players, in the eyes of the support.