“SOME big clubs are in a perpetual state of flux. Some believe they have the right to perpetual success, others have been striving for it for decades. Managers have been sacked, often by that default explanation, ‘mutual consent’, and the club response has invariably been around finding a new coach who ‘understands the DNA of the club’. They invariably believe that “winning is in our DNA” but it is more appropriately described as the desire to win, which should actually be in every club’s ‘DNA’. Not everyone can win, however, and nobody is entitled to be on the victory podium on a regular basis. If you examine the honours list at most clubs, not many are regular champions or winners. Liverpool have 47 major honours, Manchester United 44, Arsenal 31. …”
Game of the People
Football club “DNA” – a cliché that really isn’t about the game
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