No b***ard, no c**t, no snide, nobody who is always at the ref, no iron, no leaders. Not enough of anything a side with aspirations of winning big should have.
Bar 3 or 4, throughout the whole squad, it's all very nice and average.
It's not a question of build either, look at Mane, he has that arrogance.
Saw after they went 2-1 up Hendo literally jogging away from the penalty area as if he didn't have a care in the world. First game of the season and just trotting back to the kick off positions. Sh*t like that winds me up, a captain should be rallying his troops, lighting fires and demanding more. If that was leading by example the others were following like sheep.
Partly why I wanted Grujic in there so we couldn't be bullied, he is a unit and he's got a bit of that growl about him. Just give someone a snarl and a "back the f**k up". Throughout the first half our lads were second to every bouncing ball in the middle of the park, not just because they were against bigger men (see Lucas if you need to see how a shorter guy can win those battles) but the desire just isn't bubbling.
It's why Can, Hendo and Wijnaldum should never be the 3, they're made too similar, accept failure as "oh well, we'll do better next time" and don't understand the sheer malaise some of their play spreads throughout the team and transmits to the fans, infuriating.
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