- Followers heaped reward on the non-league supervisor after his aspect’s newest defeat
- Horndean FC boss Michael Birmingham has gone viral for his post-match stance
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A livid non-league supervisor has gone viral after tearing into his gamers in a surprisingly trustworthy post-match interview that left followers in stitches of laughter.
In stark distinction to the usually robotic interviews of Premier League managers, non-league soccer offers a glimpse into how fiercely aggressive native grassroots actually is.
That keenness turned to fury on the weekend as non-league aspect Horndean FC have been crushed 4-0 on Saturday and workforce supervisor Michael Birmingham later laid into his squad after the match.
The top coach was reeling from one other torrid displaying that leaves his aspect 14th within the Isthmian South Central Division, with simply 11 factors from 9 matches, and issued a wake-up name to his squad.
Talking after the defeat, Birmingham fumed: ‘I hope our gamers have gotten loads of Sudocrem at residence as a result of they’ve had their a***e slapped in the present day.
Horndean FC boss Michael Birmingham (pictured) has gone viral for a latest post-match rant
‘Honest play to Raynes Park, they have been the higher aspect by a mile, finest aspect we have performed this season, ruthless.
‘I believed the centre ahead, No20 up prime, was completely magnificent.
‘I want I had one in all them. In the intervening time I’ve received 4 token gestures as a centre ahead – not even 4 put collectively can resemble something to do with him.
‘The one optimistic to return out of that was that I had a cracking pasty earlier than the sport, that was about it,’ he added.
Birmingham later went on to say his workforce do not meet his requirements, including: ‘To be trustworthy, it ought to have been extra in the present day. To me, it’s the fundamentals – they wished it, the second balls.
‘All my lot ain’t received no requirements. They do not give a s***, they only flip up and assume, ‘Right here we go, we’ll undergo the motions.’
‘At the moment they received discovered and are you aware what? I hope it harm and all, I hope they can not sit down for every week and I hope they run out of Sudocrem,’ he stated.
The video has since gone viral with over 700,000 views on X and followers heaped reward on Birmingham for his refreshing evaluation that has made him a non-league celeb.
‘How refreshing to listen to a supervisor inform the reality about his workforce’s poor efficiency.’ stated one supporter on X.
One other equally added: ‘Want the premier league managers have been this trustworthy.’
