Ben Davies and What Managers Say Part 2
Now compare that to the video of Tanguy Ndombélé walking around against Burnley in my recent post or the one of him lazily ambling around against Wolves in a display of contempt for Spurs.
In one you have an inspired individual and the other a guy who couldn't care less.
A disenchanted player can drag everyone down, that why you get rid of them, an inspired player can lift everyone.
A disenchanted player will undermine the creation of a positive environment.
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has a simple philosophy, understand every player.
It is the foundation of leadership, yet another reason why a club should use a psychologist to get inside the head and fully understand every player and what motivates them.
"Most of the problems for a footballer who goes off his game lie outside the training camp."
Sam Allardyce
To get the best out of someone you have to be able to empathise with them.
Than means understanding their mindset and view of the world which will result in a much more productive player.
But the needs of the team are always greater than the needs of the individual.
Spock says, “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Captain Kirk answers, “Or the one.”
You can't argue with Spock.
When you say what club you support any other football fan will have an impression of you.
Every clubs fans are perceived in a certain way, just as every club is perceived in a certain way and it is the fans who dictate what that is.
You have probably all noticed this, it speaks volumes about the two sets of supporters.
Ours should take note and portray the club as we wish to be seen, not as a group always taking swipes at a club they profess to support.
Take Ben Davies.
He played a world class pass for our first goal against Reading from his own half to Son, curling it behind the last defender at perfect weight.
If Kevin de Bruyne, Luka Modric or any playmaker had played that pass everyone would be saying what great vision, great delivery etc.
It was Ben Davies so nobody says anything.
He is a very solid professional who does what the manager wants, acts as a third centre-back to allow others to attack.
Mourinho shows Davies respect, he selects him for games but for others he leaves him out and not because of fitness.
Being able to build relationships with players where there is that mutual respect is essential to get the best out of a player and avoid disruption to the squad.
As a coach you have to have built relationships so that when you drop a player they respect your decision, you don't need 17 players coming to you asking for an explanation why they haven't been picked.
Brendan Rodgers at the start of his managerial career with Reading had the problem many fans have.
It didn't work out there and he took a six-month break before he returned to management at Swansea where he started to make his name.
"Because of my caring background, I was always about giving people the opportunity and the chance. I have not lost that, but I have tempered it."I was simply giving people too many chances for too long."So I went in with my personal philosophy unchanged, but then I did three things differently."First, I became much more open in my communication. I started speaking to players like men and not boys, and I expected them to speak to me like a man. I became straightforward with them – not waiting six months to tell them something that I know now."Secondly, I committed to provide more quality in my work. I’d study, I’d prepare, go into detail in my planning and preparation to ensure that the players were as prepared as possible."Thirdly I would be much more ambitious: for the club’s success, for the players’ success and for my own success – in that order."Brendan Rodgers
I was simply giving people too many chances and for too long. You have to make tough decisions.
If a player isn't delivering in training, how can you trust them in a game, you don't know what you are going to get.
You can't just give a player a run of games to see what he can do, it is up to him to show you in training what he can do and force him to pick you.
When he does, it is the players responsibility to prove that he should not be dropped, that he can be trusted, he can be relied on.
But first comes training.
I have shown you two videos of Tanguy Ndombélé not even trying in a Spurs shirt so how can Mourinho trust him, how can he pick him if he'll only try when he has the ball and hide when he hasn't?
I'm watching the Tour de France at the moment and former British cyclist David Millar was asked why youngsters of 18 and 19 feel they can win a race now when before they would have to be 24 or 25 before they could consider winning a stage.
He replied that the INternet had brought training to everyone, equipment was more available but the final thing he said was that here had been a shift in mindset.
Previously it was believed you needed experience and to work your way up, but that has been thrown out of the window.
The ir belief now is that they can win straight away and therefore they are, they approach with a positive mindset and it creates more winning opportunities.
That's exactly what Spurs have to do and supporters, if they support the club, should generally be helping to create that environment.
There will always be complaints, there will always be favourite players, there will always be undervalued players, there will always be player it would be better to sell during a window, but the majority of postings on social media should be positive not negative.
"Let us say honestly footballers have gone from a very normal world to a very privileged world, today all the players are in a very privileged situation."Some people believe now that because they make a lot of money, they just have to produce. But it doesn’t work like that."No matter how much money you make in life, you are a guy who wakes up in the morning with a pain in his neck or his knee, who feels good or not so good, and you are first a person, no matter how much money you make."Arsène Wenger
This is where communication comes in.
Some players like to be spoken to in private, some are happy to receive criticism in front of the group, some prefer a gentle approach, some prefer confrontation and in those cases you hear the clueless media tell you Mourinho is picking on someone.
You can see that there is clearly good communication between Levy and Mourinho with our transfer business so far.
It has clarity, objectivity and a clear rationale.
Selling Kyle Walker-Peters for £12m and buying Matt Doherty for £13.4m is an excellent piece of business.
Mourinho likes to bring in experienced players and then develop youth beneath them.
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