Ken Aries 0 Posted December 14, 2005 Have you seen his piece in tonight''s Evening News? His theory is that what helped the successful team of the 2003 - 2004 season towards the 1st Division Championship, was the fact that most of that team were married. This in his view contributed to a more stable, settled side. Apparently most members of the current team are unmarried. Sounds like hogwash to me - but who knows? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Canary 0 Posted December 14, 2005 hmmmm thats an interesting theory. I suppose it could play a part in it, but i think the team that got promoted had been built up over 3 years. Not many changes had been made and there was a solid team. They got on with each other and the team spirit were excellent. All of them had houses and sometimes families in the area. This season we dont, hughes, etuhu, colin, louis jean, thorne, jarrett, marney, robinson and more are all settling in and have not gotten to know the team, + most of them are rubbish anyway. That is why i dont think Worthy can make us bounce back up, he doesnt assemble great teams quickly as we have seen the last two seasons. He needs a few seasons to build up a solid squad with confidence. He could do it again, but with the team we have another manager could take us up this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0 Posted December 14, 2005 look at what marriage did to Harry Kewell.Has he thought that perhaps its because the players are not as good??because we have no right hand side and loads of worthy cloggersbecause we lack creativity - i mean it took Hucks and McVeigh to come on at the weekend to get the goals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted December 14, 2005 i dont think its got much to do with if they are married or not.... I agree, its waghorn not having anything decent to write about.. jas :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerzy Krukowski 5 Posted December 15, 2005 He probably is clutching at straws, and not for the first time. Mindyou it''s a bit like those who claim to have heard Worthy out chantingat Crewe..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark .Y. 351 Posted December 15, 2005 Brian Clough was a great believer in it though and you can see the point. Although it is of course a bit of a generalisation it is surely much better to have domestically settled players who are likely to be spending their evenings in with their families rather than out drinking heavily with the lads.Mark .Y. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire canary 0 Posted December 15, 2005 A balanced outlook on life, sense of priority and maybe a greater understanding of commitment are likely to be qualities acquired in a family breadwinner role rather than as a lone wolf.That said I think that the ability to get a group of individuals to gel is what''s really in question here, and that comes down to creating an atmosphere and (although I hate the word in an organisational sense) culture. There are many of these, and plentty of positive ones that can work in different situations and with different groups of people. Good managers are able to change their style (as appropriate - never in total) in order to bring in the group at hand, in which case the family thing shouldn''t be the b all and end all of it.I wonder how the management (and players) might define the culture at City these days - and how it might compare with that which one could get such a good feel of from Iwan''s autobiography? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0 Posted December 15, 2005 I find it unbeleivable that Rick has written this tripe - And he is a sports reporter..... Why does he not write a report about the current inability for the squad to score goals, or the inabilityt of the club to sign a right midfielder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rossi 0 Posted December 15, 2005 I have a great respect for the way that rick writes, but i think he''s choosen the wrong side of the fence to sit. Some will say that he''s been neutral over the worthy saga, but at the time, to say nothing was to agree with the status quo. To answer the question - yes he is clutching at straws. To compare the Munich team to today is ludicrous, just look how our values towards marriage have changed, how our transfer system has changed, (Bosman) and how our player imports have rocketed. The world has become ''smaller'' and players much more mobile between continents, especially with agents. What i think Rick is looking for is a correlation between stability and success. Where Rick missed the point was when he choose to go down the marriage route instead of looking at the things Nigel has choosen. For example we all know we started the season low on numbers and required emergency loans that have no roots or special pride towrds the club. There are also factors such as home grown players and how we do not seem to link our academy with the end result of first team appearances. Stability is also linked to players that are able to play week in week out without suspensions and injuries. Without going down the too tired route, there is also the theory that no-one has disproved, that links the training regime to injuries. Lastly, of course, is the factor that we bought a player who is not used to playing more than once a week, nor looks likely without a massive dip in form (Colin)To single out marriage is the sort of thing i would have expected failed tory leader to say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Boubepo 0 Posted December 15, 2005 Good point Rick, at least someone is looking for some answers, the teamclearly arn''t a settled team and although the reasons are many, that''sprobably one of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky green trainers 0 Posted December 15, 2005 I think this a cry for help. Obviously Waghorn would clearly liketo write some serious stuff about city, but he daren''t rock the boat.He''ll be blaming the colour of the strip next week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites