On this week’s episode of the Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Sids, and Chris get real about one of the biggest turning points in a football manager’s career… when they lose the dressing room.
The lads, who’ve been there before, share firsthand examples of managers letting it slip, as well as the ripple effect this has on team morale, communication, and performance. Senior players hold incredible sway, and their support (or lack of it) can make or break a manager’s fate.
We also delve into Aston Villa’s OUTRAGEOUS fines, sharing notes on the pitch, and send a call out to all of the managers out there – have you lost the office? Let us know in the comments and we can help you get it back!
Finally to top it all off, do we FINALLY have a paella for one?! Surely not…
Chumbawamba
00:00 Introduction and catch up
08:40 Gerrard’s Villa fines
18:57 What it means when a manager “loses the dressing room”
33:33 Changes in young players’ attitudes and management styles
39:08 How the captain unites the dressing room
42:55 How captains communicate tactical information discreetly
50:51 Listeners messages, paella for one!
56:17 The Crystal Palace wedding shirt
57:14 Sleep XI and how to fall asleep
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22 Comments
So Scholes was a French donkey?
Determined
Outstanding
Nostalgic
Knowledgeable
Exciting
Yeasty
The true description of the perfect footballer
Whoever designed that logo needs sacking. Why is his little Peter standing to attention?
Steve Frizzwell
But who was the longest in the changing room?
Great pod lads. Talking about notes being passed on . Just a little one on from this. Have you ever noticed when a sub is coming on why does it always look like he is laughing and joking with the linner. Just wondered 😂
great pod. Steve Brayswell as a prime donkey 😂
Has to be John Terry sidders is talking about with the 4 year contract, i reckon Avram or scholari
Great pod lads, thank you for making my boring day in the office better.😁
A donkey should be a player who carries the team, for example you could say Cole palmer is a donkey of a player 😂
Disk golf has been around 30 years plus, or should I say, the first time I saw it played was over 30 years ago.
Harry 40 winks
John Terry
Didn't the Donkey chat happen in a previous episode?
I've got James Martin the chef on in the background and he just said he had donkey called Bimbo. A lot to do to change the perception of a donkey 😅
Another name for a Donkey is an Ass lads. I'll just leave that there
13:43 Red Donkey Redemption 😂
Definitely seen managers "lose the office" over the years, when it gets to a point where no one wants to work for that person but are still loyal to their colleagues. Wish we knew of the term "lost the dressing room" at the time that would have been a funny way of bitching about it down the pub at the time. 😆
Never lose a dressing room when it's going well? Lukaku has something to say about that 😂
Wtf is this a repeat, all the Donkey stuff has happened before!
James milner the ultimate premier league donkeyman
Thats extortionate..? No your wages are extortionate, thats proportionate