Living On The Volcano – Michael Calvin

People expected me to fail, I’m very clear on that, but for me it’s a source of motivation.’ Opportunity presented itself in messy circumstances on February 4, 2014, another fateful Tuesday. Michael Laudrup claimed he was sacked by email, after being assured his job was safe. He threatened legal action, but eventually reached a financial settlement, on May 23 of that year. Suddenly, Monk’s horizons stretched far beyond planning an internet venture with his brother and preparing to coach at academy level.

He gave the two most important speeches of his life. The first, infinitely the most intimate, was to his wife, Lexy, who was eight and a half months pregnant with twin sons; it was part apology, part job application. The second address was to staff and players, after Jenkins had informed them of Laudrup’s abrupt departure.

‘I didn’t have to, but after the chairman had spoken, I talked about what had happened around the club. I just spoke from the heart, about how I would do things. I knew what I wanted to put in place, a way of working, of dealing with each other, which was different to what had gone before.

That wasn’t a slight on anyone; different managers choose different ways with their group, don’t they? ‘I realised the importance of what was coming up, with the Cardiff game that weekend. The rivalry is unbelievable and I have experienced it. They had already beaten us once that season. Nobody had ever done the double, so I spoke about what the club stands for.

I wanted them to know how we’d got to where we were, and why we’d achieved what we’d achieved. ‘Our biggest strength had always been the group being so tight and together, but I felt we were a bit too divided. That’s not to say they were bad lads or anything like that, but when you play for a team you should understand what that team is built upon. I talked about what wearing that shirt really means to people brought up from babies to support Swansea.

I wanted the players to think, he’s not mucking around here.’

Foreword by Arsène Wenger 1. Intolerance of Uncertainty 2. From King to Clown 3. Alive and Kicking 4. Out 5. Ollie’s Flying Circus 6. The Helicopter View 7. The Case for the Defence 8. A Self-made Man 9. Wear the Crown 10. The Lollipop Man 11. The Making of a Manager 12. Walking the Job 13. The Fallacy of Failure 14. No Blacks, No Irish 15. Daddy Day Care 16. Seeing Through the Noise 17.

Back for Good 18. Hungry Like a Wolf 19. The Revolution Will Be Televised 20. View from the Boundary 21. From Darkness into Light Index Copyright OceanofPDF.com About the Book This is a book about football managers, live and uncut. The average lifespan of a manager in the Championship is eight months. New records for volatility are set every season.

What makes these men tick? They are familiar figures, who rarely offer anything more than a glimpse into their personal and professional lives. Who are they? What shapes them? How and why do they do their job? Award-winning writer Michael Calvin provides the answers. OceanofPDF.com About the Author Michael Calvin is one of the UK’s most versatile sports writers, having worked in more than eighty countries, covering seven summer Olympics and six World Cup finals.

He was named Sports Writer of the Year for his despatches as a crew member in a round-the-world yacht race, and has twice been named Sports Reporter of the Year. He is currently chief sports writer with the Independent on Sunday, and has held similar positions at the Daily Telegraph, The Times and the Mail on Sunday. His last book, The Nowhere Men, won The Times British Sports Book of the Year award in 2014.

OceanofPDF.com Also by Michael Calvin Family: Life, Death and Football Life’s a Pitch Only Wind and Water The Nowhere Men Proud: My Autobiography (with Gareth Thomas) OceanofPDF.com Living on the Volcano Michael Calvin OceanofPDF.com For Mum and Marielli. Golden links in the chain. OceanofPDF.com Acknowledgements Gareth Ainsworth was the last to leave the training ground, as usual.

It had been a sunny day, and he walked me through the ground-floor gymnasium to a fire exit which led to the car park.

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