Quote Originally Posted by MagpieMike View Post
What I find galling about that period is the attitude of some of our players. Other teams (e.g. Macclesfield last year) seem to be galvanised by off the field hardship. I get that behind the scenes problems are really unsettling, but we seem to have had a problem with player attitudes and motivation for some years. One aspect of the current squad that cheers me is that things seem to be a whole lot better now in this respect.
I think a lot of our players were journeymen who were after a paycheck. I know everyone is after money but bearing in mind footballers are somewhat shielded from not being paid, you are spot on. That squad gave up when things went south off the field! In contrast, I heard a rumour from last summer that JOB was quite vocal with Hardy about paying the staff, he wasn't even under contract for Notts and could have walked away but stayed around and fought on. It's a lot to do with the mental strength of the players and their motivations I think