3rd May, 2013
397 Words
3rd May, 2013A day before the crucial match against Crystal Palace, I met up with Shyton United’s manager, Charlie Greencock at his office at the club’s training ground. His office was littered with framed, signed photographs of him and many famous footballers, as well as numerous trophies and awards that looked as though he’d got them made himself. Sitting behind his desk fiddling with a gold pen, the forty-two year old had a bright orange complexion—a sign that he’d spent too long at a tanning salon, and admired Donald Trump a bit too much. He was a snazzy dresser in his Armani suit, and for some reason he still had his hands-free headset on. He exuded confidence, and Tommy Hilfiger cologne—I wasn’t sure if the over-confidence was merited… nor the Tommy Hilfiger cologne.
STANLEY: You’ve chopped and changed your team a fair amount this season. With one game left, do you even know your best team?
CHARLIE: I know my best team, but my best team has got 15 players in it. However, sometimes it’s not easy because as supreme leader it's vitally important that you make decisions. So it's my job to not always put square pegs in square holes, but sometimes put the odd square peg in a round hole. And at the moment we’re knocking on the door of success.
STANLEY: Who would you say has been the real driving force behind your promotion push this season?
CHARLIE: Myself.
STANLEY: With regard to the playing staff.
CHARLIE: Well, Tommy would be the fans’ choice. Tommy is, without a shadow of a doubt, a player.
STANLEY: Which means?
CHARLIE: That’s not important. What is important is that you win games at any level.
STANLEY: How are things coming along for the big game tomorrow?
CHARLIE: The plans we put in place this week have gone according to plan. We’ll be ready for Palace tomorrow. Palace is just another step. You know if we stand still, we're going backwards. We've got to keep moving forward and appear to be moving forward.
STANLEY: It’s quite a miracle that you’ve gotten this far after black November when Shyton couldn’t buy a win.
CHARLIE: Don’t know what you’re on about. In November, we got 8 points from 4 games. That's automatic promotion form.
STANLEY: Sure it is.
At which point I left out of fear of being even more confused. Tomorrow was the big day and I needed to get ready.
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