"They were a Premier League team last season," he said, the reality of the challenge settling over the room.
"They have international superstars. They have a stadium that holds 50,000 screaming fans who believe that they belong at the very top of the footballing world. They see us as a speed bump on their road back to glory. They are going to try and bully us. They are going to try and intimidate us. They are going to try and remind us that we are just a little team from a little league."
He looked around the room, at the fiery, determined faces of his players. "And we are going to let them try."
