by Gullscorer » 06 May 2014, 02:11
If there's one thing above all else that CH can do to prove he has what it takes to get us out of the Conference, it is to instil some permanent fighting spirit into the Gulls squad.
Yesterday, Mark Selby beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 18-14 to win the World Snooker Championship after fighting back from being 5-10 down. Because, as Selby himself said, he never gave up, he just kept on going. And Crystal Palace, 0-3 down at home to Liverpool, fought back to a 3-3 draw, because they never lost their fighting spirit, their determination to compete.
Yet how many times over the past eighteen months have we seen the Gulls drop their heads after conceding a goal, and going on to meekly capitulate and surrender the game, with no confidence, no bottle, no guts, no backbone, no desire. That, more than anything else, had been their undoing for far too long, until CH began to re-introduce some real, albeit fleeting, fight and determination into the team over the last few games of the season.
It takes both time and changes in personnel to alter that kind of ethos and to install character into a squad. CH has now had the time to determine what is required and where changes must be made, and his actions over the next two or three months will demonstrate his commitment to making those changes.
We cannot and should not expect him work miracles, but if he can produce a squad of players who are hungry for success and determined to achieve it, that alone should be sufficient to win the support of Gulls fans over the coming months. That is the very least he must do, and I believe he will do it.
If there's one thing above all else that CH can do to prove he has what it takes to get us out of the Conference, it is to instil some permanent fighting spirit into the Gulls squad.
Yesterday, Mark Selby beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 18-14 to win the World Snooker Championship after fighting back from being 5-10 down. Because, as Selby himself said, he never gave up, he just kept on going. And Crystal Palace, 0-3 down at home to Liverpool, fought back to a 3-3 draw, because they never lost their fighting spirit, their determination to compete.
Yet how many times over the past eighteen months have we seen the Gulls drop their heads after conceding a goal, and going on to meekly capitulate and surrender the game, with no confidence, no bottle, no guts, no backbone, no desire. That, more than anything else, had been their undoing for far too long, until CH began to re-introduce some real, albeit fleeting, fight and determination into the team over the last few games of the season.
It takes both time and changes in personnel to alter that kind of ethos and to install character into a squad. CH has now had the time to determine what is required and where changes must be made, and his actions over the next two or three months will demonstrate his commitment to making those changes.
We cannot and should not expect him work miracles, but if he can produce a squad of players who are hungry for success and determined to achieve it, that alone should be sufficient to win the support of Gulls fans over the coming months. That is the very least he must do, and I believe he will do it.
