Quote Originally Posted by hissingdwarf View Post
Not turning it into a Maynard bash, but I genuinely believe the lack of presence and motivation skills lead us to play like we do.

Christ, the pre Wimbledon press conference is bloody depressing! Talk about putting people to sleep. More fun watching for white smoke at the Vatican!
I just watched hoping this wasn't true, but oh dear, he seems nervous to me

Most frequent word? Frustrating, frustrated, frustrating, frustrating on repeat - he seems like a man expecting to be... ..er....frustrated.

I would also like to know what he means about being 'mindful' it's over two legs (In fact the mention of two legs brought the biggest smile) which he kept on repeating.
A positive coach would interpret that as we don't only have to win but we should try to win well because the 2nd half is at their ground.
I got the opposite feeling from this, and the mention of a clean sheet (there is no away goals rule in this!) that it just means 'keep yourself in it'. I really hope I got that wrong

I hope the players are feeling more bullish.

I've been meaning to post on here though that we do have a really good leader of this squad. At this stage though I don't think the team are looking at SM for leadership. They're getting it from David McGoldrick. The way they respond and look up to him, the vote for Players Player of the Year, his presence and positivity...I think he's much more of a captain/leader figure out there that Matty tbh
I think Didzy wants to really grab this chance for promotion and that gives me a lot of cause for optimism.