Out of the mouths of babes
Morning all.
You can’t buy it in the shops, but what am I talking about?
Professionalism.
From one of our players that doesn’t feature in the ‘Blow the Biggest Bubble’ bubblegum competitions.
"I think there are a couple of factors and one is here inside the training ground. To be a champion, you have to be a champion every day. You have to give everything every day.
I feel we lack a little bit of discipline in terms of that consistency. That's what is missing. The quality is there, the football is there. But you have to do it every day. You can't be happy because you win a game, two games, three games. You have to win every game.
I think these are the steps that we have to take. We have the football, but we have to get more disciplined. Maybe someone else has a different opinion, but that is mine."
If only he were being coached by a competent manager in a professional environment, eh?
He’s right. It’s the difference between success, failure and mediocrity. It’s not just football where this applies. It’s in our everyday lives.
From a football perspective. When you’ve played with a player who wants to win at all costs it gives you the impetus to follow suit. Contrast this with the player who just wants a kick about and thinks it doesn’t matter what the score line is. That’s infectious too but for all the wrong reasons. We, sadly are the latter.
Beware the wounded animal they say and I think you will see this today.Four losses on the bounce is unfamiliar territory for these City players and the uncertainty over Pep’s contract must have affected them during this time.I see only a high scoring win for City at the beginning of what is a tough run of matches.