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Re: Taking a moment...

By ChudsToday 14:55Today at 14:55:02In response to Re: Taking a moment...

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There are three bits of footage of him from Saturday, which sum him up as a person for me, and which all made me grin.

Firstly, Cuthbert hugging him as soon as the FT whistle went, and Revs is almost in tears. Secondly, just afterwards when people are invading the pitch and he is walking away wiping tears from his eyes, a kid is near him so he puts his hand out to shake it, but then realises that kid is HIS son, so his face immediately lights up with the biggest grin, he hugs him, kisses him and then embraces him in a long tight hug, with his other son also now involved too. The third, is of Revs going up the steps to the Directors' Box, again a kid is on the steps and he stop to celebrate with them first before continuing on his way and embracing PW, and again you can just see the pure pride, joy and sense of achievement spread all over his face. In every single one you see how much it meant to him, but how he made none of it about him.

He is simply the nicest guy who has time for everybody (I can speak first hand here that he always stops for a genuine chat and asks how I am, such as in situations like when I was checking in at my hotel in Spain in pre-season as he was walking across the foyer, when he saw me at reception he came over to say hi and have a chat), and genuinely cares about all his players and staff and is desperate for them to succeed.

As a player I imagine you would feel so valued and when every summer we hear about how much the players want to play for him, some people on here put it down to him being a soft touch, but you look at this season, look at the interactions between him and the players at FT, how delighted he is after a big win but has time for them all, it is things like that why as a player you would love to play for him and not feel like just another player in the squad. Also things like keeping Nick Freeman around to let him recover and get fit again before him going elsewhere. And stating he will be staying in touch with Cornick through his recovery. No need to do things like that, but he does because that is who he is. And football is a very small family so things like that become well-known and that reputation will undeniably help us in signing players (such as Matt Phillips).

And on top of all of that, he has also shown he knows what he is doing and is a good manager who gets the best out of his squad.

Some of the stick he has received this season has been awful, and very unwarranted. We have a guy who fully understands our club and our fans, who genuinely cares about it and us, and who works his arse off every day to achieve things for us (and is doing just that), and who does it all whilst just being a bloody lovely bloke. We are lucky to have him.

Edit: Fuck sake, he's not gonna marry you, Chuds!

Edited by Chuds at 14:55:31 on 7th May 2026

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