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Says Newcastle upon Tyne as a city is a little more basic than Lille was, which he describes as a bit more colourful. Says the people are crazy friendly, easy going and treat the players like they are Gods.

Interview was taken the day after a game. He has been given the day off, but says he’ll go into the training ground to recuperate with some upper body training and an ice bath. Mentions it’s a bit of a superstition that he needs to recover well or else he will feel he’s not done everything he can. Says he’s developed this superstition because he cannot stand losing or conceding.

Says his mentality was formed by Winston Bogarde under him as a youth trainer at Ajax. WB was super demanding and brutally honest. His feedback made Botman realise he needed to step up his game if he was going to make it as a pro.

Prepares breakfast as per the diet prescribed by club’s dietist’s schema.

 

Describes the club as a very warm place, like a family. Surprised by the new owners and how involved they are. Says they come and see them at training at least once every two weeks, bringing their kids and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Describes trip to SA where they visited the other two (?) owners in their castle. Says it’s like a completely different world.

 

During workout says that in France and especially PL he’s found he needed to bulk up in order to get the better of attackers. Physically the thoughest opponents he’s played are Mitrovic and Brobby (Ajax).

 

Will add more later.

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3 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

Says Newcastle upon Tyne as a city is a little more basic than Lille was, which he describes as a bit more colourful. Says the people are crazy friendly, easy going and treat the players like they are Gods.

Interview was taken the day after a game. He has been given the day off, but says he’ll go into the training ground to recuperate with some upper body training and an ice bath. Mentions it’s a bit of a superstition that he needs to recover well or else he will feel he’s not done everything he can. Says he’s developed this superstition because he cannot stand losing or conceding.

Says his mentality was formed by Winston Bogarde under him as a youth trainer at Ajax. WB was super demanding and brutally honest. His feedback made Botman realise he needed to step up his game if he was going to make it as a pro.

Prepares breakfast as per the diet prescribed by club’s dietist’s schema.

 

Describes the club as a very warm place, like a family. Surprised by the new owners and how involved they are. Says they come and see them at training at least once every two weeks, bringing their kids and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Describes trip to SA where they visited the other two (?) owners in their castle. Says it’s like a completely different world.

 

During workout says that in France and especially PL he’s found he needed to bulk up in order to get the better of attackers. Physically the thoughest opponents he’s played are Mitrovic and Brobby (Ajax).

 

Will add more later.

That's more accurate than Youtube's auto. All over the gaff, that. 

Like the bit in bold. Means business. 

 

 

Plus he's got a coffee machine and has nee idea how it grafts

 

 

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1 hour ago, Unbelievable said:

Says Newcastle upon Tyne as a city is a little more basic than Lille was, which he describes as a bit more colourful. Says the people are crazy friendly, easy going and treat the players like they are Gods.

Interview was taken the day after a game. He has been given the day off, but says he’ll go into the training ground to recuperate with some upper body training and an ice bath. Mentions it’s a bit of a superstition that he needs to recover well or else he will feel he’s not done everything he can. Says he’s developed this superstition because he cannot stand losing or conceding.

Says his mentality was formed by Winston Bogarde under him as a youth trainer at Ajax. WB was super demanding and brutally honest. His feedback made Botman realise he needed to step up his game if he was going to make it as a pro.

Prepares breakfast as per the diet prescribed by club’s dietist’s schema.

 

Describes the club as a very warm place, like a family. Surprised by the new owners and how involved they are. Says they come and see them at training at least once every two weeks, bringing their kids and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Describes trip to SA where they visited the other two (?) owners in their castle. Says it’s like a completely different world.

 

During workout says that in France and especially PL he’s found he needed to bulk up in order to get the better of attackers. Physically the thoughest opponents he’s played are Mitrovic and Brobby (Ajax).

 

Will add more later.

 

Know it's been said on here a lot but I love the fact that player mentality is such a big thing for our recruitment team. Think that's played a massive role in Man City hardly signing any flops over the past years. We also haven't signed any flops yet bar Wood who was an emergency signing to help us stay up and he's been shifted already. 

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Ok, part II:

 

Gets asked about some of the trophies on display in his house, and how it feels to win trophies. Says it’s addictive, but not really different to a normal mindset. Only in the final few rounds of winning Ligue 1 he felt a bit of tension waking up in the morning realising the game that day needed to be won or the whole season would be lost.

 

Says playing Messi was only akward before the game, but once out on the pitch it’s like playing anybody else.

 

Gets asked how his mentality is different to other players’. Answers that at Ajax youth every year players get dropped, and at the time he thought it was because they were simply not good enough, but now he realises it was because they couldn’t get the basics right of giving everything all the time, arriving on time for training, etc. He says from a young age he got thaught to put the extra effort in. For him as a defender this means doing everything in his power to stop the team conceding or losing. Because he cannot accept these things he says he “automatically” succeeds at preventing it. Says it’s a combination of hard work and a strong desire to reach your targets and a bit of luck.

 

Says the 6 months leading up to his transfer were very stressful. Luckily managed to stay focused on his football, but was chaotic off the pitch because of the realisation that everything was going to change in life, wanting it so bad, but not being in control of the situation. Says it was his choice between Milan and us, and a difficult decision, but the fact he had always dreamt of playing in the PL was the deciding factor. Confirms that the owners of our club contacted him directly. 
 

Looking at his Sunday roast says: “this is not a great meal for a professional sports person” :lol:

 

Says he was obviously disappointed to miss out on the World Cup as he felt he was in contention, but he found it quite easy to move on because he’s only just starting and there were strong alternatives for his position. Says it helps he’s happy being in the PL and how the club is performing, so there was no reason to be downbeat about it. Says if he keeps doing well these things will happen eventually. As a boy he dreamt of playing for the national team, same as playing in the PL, so he’s halfway there.

 

Asked about criticism on social media, he shrugs it off and says he doesn’t know these people so why should he care? Says he doesn’t know if Koeman will give him a chance, but he will just continue to work hard and hope for the best.

 

Gets asked where the dream ends? Answers to have played in a World Cup and winning the Champions League (since he’s already played in it with Lille). 

 

 

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Really interesting, I remember when it was clear the choice was between Newcastle and AC Milan, and some people were convinced that he'd choose to live in Milan, and I argued that the Prem was a huge pull for a lot of players, especially those that had seen their country men do well there and make a big name for themselves. Think it is hugely over stated that players will just move to a club based on what the city they live in is like, a lot more than that comes into it. They're not going over there for a holiday, all that can be done in the off season.

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3 hours ago, Unbelievable said:

Ok, part II:

 

Gets asked about some of the trophies on display in his house, and how it feels to win trophies. Says it’s addictive, but not really different to a normal mindset. Only in the final few rounds of winning Ligue 1 he felt a bit of tension waking up in the morning realising the game that day needed to be won or the whole season would be lost.

 

Says playing Messi was only akward before the game, but once out on the pitch it’s like playing anybody else.

 

Gets asked how his mentality is different to other players’. Answers that at Ajax youth every year players get dropped, and at the time he thought it was because they were simply not good enough, but now he realises it was because they couldn’t get the basics right of giving everything all the time, arriving on time for training, etc. He says from a young age he got thaught to put the extra effort in. For him as a defender this means doing everything in his power to stop the team conceding or losing. Because he cannot accept these things he says he “automatically” succeeds at preventing it. Says it’s a combination of hard work and a strong desire to reach your targets and a bit of luck.

 

Says the 6 months leading up to his transfer were very stressful. Luckily managed to stay focused on his football, but was chaotic off the pitch because of the realisation that everything was going to change in life, wanting it so bad, but not being in control of the situation. Says it was his choice between Milan and us, and a difficult decision, but the fact he had always dreamt of playing in the PL was the deciding factor. Confirms that the owners of our club contacted him directly. 
 

Looking at his Sunday roast says: “this is not a great meal for a professional sports person” :lol:

 

Says he was obviously disappointed to miss out on the World Cup as he felt he was in contention, but he found it quite easy to move on because he’s only just starting and there were strong alternatives for his position. Says it helps he’s happy being in the PL and how the club is performing, so there was no reason to be downbeat about it. Says if he keeps doing well these things will happen eventually. As a boy he dreamt of playing for the national team, same as playing in the PL, so he’s halfway there.

 

Asked about criticism on social media, he shrugs it off and says he doesn’t know these people so why should he care? Says he doesn’t know if Koeman will give him a chance, but he will just continue to work hard and hope for the best.

 

Gets asked where the dream ends? Answers to have played in a World Cup and winning the Champions League (since he’s already played in it with Lille). 

 

 

 

What criticism has Botman been getting on social media? 

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1 hour ago, aussiemag said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s concussed. Has made some uncharacteristic like errors since his head knock. 

I thought he was missing a beat for a while too.

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