{"id":467,"date":"2016-05-03T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brashconsulting.com.au\/leicester-the-losers-but-not-any-more\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T11:32:00","slug":"leicester-the-losers-but-not-any-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brashconsulting.com.au\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Leicester the losers &#8211; but not any more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can hear the comments now.&nbsp;You couldn&#8217;t <em>write<\/em> a script better than this one. The most extraordinary comeback in the history of sport. Ever. They&#8217;ve worked out the odds. 1000 times less likely than Essendon winning this year&#8217;s flag. <\/p>\n<p>How does an English premiership team facing relegation at the end of 2015 get up the next year with a brand new coach and win the league? <\/p>\n<p>All the high performance keys some of us have been carrying on about for years (if not decades) seem to have helped.<\/p>\n<p>*True intent (not wishful thinking)<br \/>* Commitment to <em>being<\/em> a team (they did not have marquis players like Chelsea or&nbsp;Man United)<br \/>*Shared goals<br \/>*Role clarity<br \/>*A (blooming) good&nbsp;strategy<br \/>*Self-belief. <\/p>\n<p>And presumably a good coach. But guess what? He was sacked from 6 other Clubs over his career prior to&nbsp;taking over Leicester City. No one rated them to do anything. But it appears no-one told the Club&nbsp;that.<\/p>\n<p>You know what? On second thoughts, you&#8217;re right! They couldn&#8217;t have written a script better than this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can hear the comments now.&nbsp;You couldn&#8217;t write a script better than this one. The most extraordinary comeback in the history of sport. Ever. They&#8217;ve worked out the odds. 1000 times less likely than Essendon winning this year&#8217;s flag. 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