jcidaho Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Schteve talks about this "earning the right to play" and it's in Bryson's interview on the DET. What do you think it means? Presumably it means doing the dirty side of the game to hassle the other team, close them down, to create space for the game to played how we want it to be. To put the other team into submission so that we can then control the game. Quite interesting in my opinion. It puts in players minds that we need the hard-work grafting style of play as a baseline to achieve the style that we should be aspiring to. So often managers just see the hustle and bustle as the be all and end all, where as Steve sees it only as a platform. Looking back I don't think Clough ever reconciled the style of play he was after - hustle and bustle Vs free flowing football. With Steve M I think it's clearer, that we need both: the former to facilitate the latter. This all sounds quite obvious, but I get the feeling Steve is trying to raise the players consciousness of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Another thing that McClaren is doing is promoting a positive in winning and a negative in losing. I was chatting Simmo and he said that whenever somebody loses at anything, regardless of what they lose, they have to do a forfeit... I cannot remember how he said they reinforce winning, but they definitely try to discourage losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I agree with all of that . If you look at all of the better footballing teams, They all put pressure on the opposition as soon as they lose the ball and press them high up the pitch, Hoping they resort to the long ball to ease the pressure and giving us the ball back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 What it means is that you have to match and pass the opposition for effort - running off the ball, closing down etc. Once you have done that, then the difference in skill will take you over the line. Without the effort then you are just West Ham of the old days - pretty to watch but powderpuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 We haven't quite clicked in a few games because we've looked over confident and casual. It seems to annoy schteve who makes a point of reminding them that they have to graft if they want to win. I thought wisdom was particularly guilty of it v whoeveritwasweplayedlast - my memory is going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 This was probably Arthur Cox's favourite phrase. If it was good enough for Arthur........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 This was probably Arthur Cox's favourite phrase. If it was good enough for Arthur........ In order…. "We attack as a team, we defend as a team" "Pure journalistic speculation" "Bloody hell. My back's killing me" "Coming, Kevin" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 It is a great quote to drill in to the players sub conscious. We all want to play the pretty football, but it's the otherside of the game which is important to allow you to do this. And quite often, will earn victories in itself. See charlton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 The expression i heard Arthur say all the time was "You get what you deserve" / "we got what we deserved" even when we dominated a game for 90 minutes played brilliantly and the opposition scored from their one chance they created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 It means busting a gut for the team, or whatever the team needs a player to do for the team, to win/keep your place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I imagine effort and commitment on the training ground helps the decision making process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky1884 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Another thing that McClaren is doing is promoting a positive in winning and a negative in losing. I was chatting Simmo and he said that whenever somebody loses at anything, regardless of what they lose, they have to do a forfeit... I cannot remember how he said they reinforce winning, but they definitely try to discourage losing. the loser gets a kick from a gaint boot (the simpsons( stile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 It means busting a gut for the team, or whatever the team needs a player to do for the team, to win/keep your place That's exactly what Bucko said in the DET last week, stating that 'everyday is a fight'. I think it's fair to say he's not doing bad at all :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I presume it means 'don't take your name on the team sheet for granted, even if you think you have a right to be there (players like Wisdom and Keane for example) cos otherwise I'll schmack you'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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