I wonder who did this before him ? Your first sentence is the minimum a manager should get from his team , many dont though sadly
I agree, but there's different ways of getting to that point.
Tactically they're not that great, to beat us, they knew they just had to hold out until we presented them with a chance and they took it.
But putting that effort and work into practice is ultimately down to the player, Neil Lennon for all his faults had his teams up for the occasion and I feel alot of that was down to his own personality. It rubbed off on those that wanted to embrace it.
Put him in front of a bunch of players that don't believe in his heart, and you wind up with last years Celtic team.
Looking at our own team, Jack is a lot more subdued, and I think that shows in the big games.
Alot was said about Paul downplaying the Derby "it's just another game" that's the attitude I'm assuming Jack was trying to put across, we should've been good enough to beat them, but he thought the occasion would ruin the calm, he got it wrong. Cup final i feel that too, I got the impression it was a "play your own game and you'll succeed" type chat
When what we needed was some fire and passion.
This rambled a bit
I hope it makes sense, and I hope we've learned from our mistakes in those big games.
A big game is a big game, no point trying to calm or play it down imo.
Passion is a strong tool.