Why Adebayor's clanger is a big deal
The news of Emmanuel Adebayor doesn't surprise me one bit and I'm thoroughly with the Tottenham players who are livid.
To some it won't mean anything, it's not a big deal. these are the people who will not rise to the top of their profession. In the winners and losers scale these are the losers.
What is his heinous crime, he invited two French speaking Newcastle players into the Tottenham dressing room after the defeat to them last weekend. So what's the big deal?
Well for a winner it's a massive deal. A winner will be hurting, a winner will be in pain because losing means something, losing is failure and you don't enjoy failure.
When I used to lose a cricket game my team learnt to leave me alone with my thoughts in the dressing room. It summed up why I stayed in a side a decent level for so long, I had a winners mentality. I did a half hours training on my specialist skill before anyone else arrived and didn't need to be told what to do in any given situation.
Bringing mates into a dressing room immediately after a game just shouts I don't care, it shouts I did my best, we lost, it doesn't matter. Sorry it does, especially to a winner, to a winning mentality, it matters a lot. Socialising should be the last thing you want to do immediately after a game. He may think he had tried his best but I can assure you, anyone, anyone who is not a winner, never gives their best because there is an extra level of performance in them that they are unaware of.
Adebayor once had a burning desire to do well against Arsenal, he showed that with his run the length of the pitch for Manchester City to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans. In games like that you give it your all, you have the determination which improves your concentration because you are motivated. In such circumstances you don't laugh and joke with the opposition, they are not your friends.
That is the level of performance a player should be putting into every game and why the mental attitude at the club needs so much work. Until you see that from every player on the field you'll know improvements can be made. How many do you see it from now? Hugo Lloris, any others? Harry Kane perhaps, learning his craft. And who is our one genuinely world class player? Hugo Lloris, coincidence?
Adebayor's attitude sums up the attitude of too many players at Spurs, more interested in themselves than the team. If you have a goal you are trying to achieve, every knock is a set back so every point dropped should be a concern. Your vice-captain, along with your captain should be setting an example, a losers example is of no use to Tottenham. A losers attitude produces inconsistent performances, a winners attitude produces consistent performances.
If they both have the same ability, which one do you want playing for Spurs?
To some it won't mean anything, it's not a big deal. these are the people who will not rise to the top of their profession. In the winners and losers scale these are the losers.
What is his heinous crime, he invited two French speaking Newcastle players into the Tottenham dressing room after the defeat to them last weekend. So what's the big deal?
Well for a winner it's a massive deal. A winner will be hurting, a winner will be in pain because losing means something, losing is failure and you don't enjoy failure.
When I used to lose a cricket game my team learnt to leave me alone with my thoughts in the dressing room. It summed up why I stayed in a side a decent level for so long, I had a winners mentality. I did a half hours training on my specialist skill before anyone else arrived and didn't need to be told what to do in any given situation.
Bringing mates into a dressing room immediately after a game just shouts I don't care, it shouts I did my best, we lost, it doesn't matter. Sorry it does, especially to a winner, to a winning mentality, it matters a lot. Socialising should be the last thing you want to do immediately after a game. He may think he had tried his best but I can assure you, anyone, anyone who is not a winner, never gives their best because there is an extra level of performance in them that they are unaware of.
Adebayor once had a burning desire to do well against Arsenal, he showed that with his run the length of the pitch for Manchester City to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans. In games like that you give it your all, you have the determination which improves your concentration because you are motivated. In such circumstances you don't laugh and joke with the opposition, they are not your friends.
That is the level of performance a player should be putting into every game and why the mental attitude at the club needs so much work. Until you see that from every player on the field you'll know improvements can be made. How many do you see it from now? Hugo Lloris, any others? Harry Kane perhaps, learning his craft. And who is our one genuinely world class player? Hugo Lloris, coincidence?
Adebayor's attitude sums up the attitude of too many players at Spurs, more interested in themselves than the team. If you have a goal you are trying to achieve, every knock is a set back so every point dropped should be a concern. Your vice-captain, along with your captain should be setting an example, a losers example is of no use to Tottenham. A losers attitude produces inconsistent performances, a winners attitude produces consistent performances.
If they both have the same ability, which one do you want playing for Spurs?
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