05-04-2017, 03:01 AM
(05-04-2017, 02:52 AM)deags link Wrote:My head agrees with you on this, but when MM was coaching (and I don't want this to develop into an MM bash fest) he tried to take the emotion out of traditional rivalry games and we seemed to be on the back foot from the get go against teams obviously primed to want to feed on our ambivalence.
Yes, I remember those times, and I agree with him 100%. In we're a professional outfit, then we should never be on the back foot, irrespective of who the opposition is.