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Korey Smith | We're frustrated but hard work is the only solution | Swansea
Korey Smith admits Swansea City are frustrated at not getting the points on the board they would have liked, but knows the solution will only come with more hard work.
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According to Korey Smith …
This is the sort of statement that almost always indicates something is wrong. if that’s the thinking then they just don’t get it.hard work is the only solution
This is the statement you most often hear from players at clubs that are losing, that ultimately get relegated.
Hard work in and of itself never achieves anything. It has to be applied in the right way, at the right time, to the right place. If you’re digging a hole where you’re standing … hard work will just put you deeper in the hole. Are we digging a hole, or building a solution? Is it truly understood what the destination is? Are the players capable of understanding, free thinking, improvising on the spot. Or, are they just dumb robots, incapable of doing anything more than the practice drill that acts as a straight-jacket in a match. Are they not yet submitting the moves of the drill into the rote subconscious as tool so that their thinking minds are free to see and express.
Martin is either failing to get across his message (is there a message) or the Players are not taking it on board. Hard work will get them fitter, it will not by itself get them better.