Woodwardfan
Woodwardfan
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Ok just over a week but the footballing lives of 4 young men have changed beyond recognition.
From the shadows at Old Trafford Wilson is right in the spotlight at a big club with proper fans. He's played in front of a passionate crowd that watches the game and knows more about footnall than Prosecco. Played in a steel City Derby, scored in an away game far away in East Anglia in front of hundreds of those committed, fanatical Blades fans and has spent a week working with an English manager and coaches. Men who know the language of football, eat drink and sleep the game, don't play to tbe cameras but do worry more about the group than their own egos. Improving their team is not just about throwing millions at it. Fight with other managers face to face not in thr press.
Wilson is in wonderland where the group and the club and the fans are totally United. Already he will be playing for a contract I reckon.
Leonard and Evans are pinching themselves. They've never met anybody like Wilder, never known a united set of fans in synch with the club manager like this. They must be itching to get on and play and take their big career opportunities. They look around and see quality coupled with commitment everywhere in the squad. They looked at the quality on the bench yesterday and thought 'this is serious'.
Holmes knows Wilder well. He knows the team will revolve around him. He is that bit older and knows it's the opportunity to lift his career and define himself as a Premier League player of quality, not just a lower league player known just by local populations in Northampton and South London.
While these lads have adrenalin pumping through their veins, other players wonder where they fit in. What they all know is that they have to work even harder to play a part. That's football, some will go all the way onwards and upwards, some will come and go but nevertheless play their parts.
This surge by United is built on solid foundations, as strong as any I have seen since the 50's. Wilder is emulating his old manager Bassett and might well surpass his achievements. I would not bet against it and would not wish to!
From the shadows at Old Trafford Wilson is right in the spotlight at a big club with proper fans. He's played in front of a passionate crowd that watches the game and knows more about footnall than Prosecco. Played in a steel City Derby, scored in an away game far away in East Anglia in front of hundreds of those committed, fanatical Blades fans and has spent a week working with an English manager and coaches. Men who know the language of football, eat drink and sleep the game, don't play to tbe cameras but do worry more about the group than their own egos. Improving their team is not just about throwing millions at it. Fight with other managers face to face not in thr press.
Wilson is in wonderland where the group and the club and the fans are totally United. Already he will be playing for a contract I reckon.
Leonard and Evans are pinching themselves. They've never met anybody like Wilder, never known a united set of fans in synch with the club manager like this. They must be itching to get on and play and take their big career opportunities. They look around and see quality coupled with commitment everywhere in the squad. They looked at the quality on the bench yesterday and thought 'this is serious'.
Holmes knows Wilder well. He knows the team will revolve around him. He is that bit older and knows it's the opportunity to lift his career and define himself as a Premier League player of quality, not just a lower league player known just by local populations in Northampton and South London.
While these lads have adrenalin pumping through their veins, other players wonder where they fit in. What they all know is that they have to work even harder to play a part. That's football, some will go all the way onwards and upwards, some will come and go but nevertheless play their parts.
This surge by United is built on solid foundations, as strong as any I have seen since the 50's. Wilder is emulating his old manager Bassett and might well surpass his achievements. I would not bet against it and would not wish to!
