Ryan Gordon coach

STOP AND LISTEN TO THIS! One of the best posts you'll see giving a real insight into what love of the game is🔥 GENIUS LEAVES CLUES. The success of Unai Emery as a coach, and the success Aston Villa have experienced under his leadership, is no fluke. It comes from RELENTLESS HARD WORK. Meetings lasting an hour and a half, sometimes two hours, analysing games, studying players, breaking down habits, reviewing details and constantly looking for ways to improve. Some people will say that is too much. At that level, it is their profession. They are paid to perform. They are paid to improve. They are paid to go above and beyond in the pursuit of becoming better. And this is the part people need to understand. When players want to leave an environment like Aston Villa, sometimes it will be the players who are struggling to live inside an environment that is completely OBSESSED with performance, improvement and the game. High standards are not for everyone. The standards of the manager shape the standards of the environment. The standards of the environment shape the people who remain inside it. If Aston Villa have a 12:30pm kick off, Emery can have the players in at 8:30am, refreshing their minds, creating pictures of what they are about to face and making sure they are mentally prepared for the opposition. DETAIL. DETAIL. DETAIL. Nothing left to chance. That is what elite performance looks like. Too many people are involved in football because of what they can GET from the game. Recognition. Status. Opportunities. Connections. But you can spot the real ones a mile away. They are consumed by the craft. They study. They learn. They question. They prepare. They improve. They are relentlessly obsessed with becoming better at what they do, every single day. Gone to to the game for the love of the game 🔥⚽