Private Passions

[jayne lee wilson]

I always thought MB deserved his place in the England if he’d never scored a run - he knew his team - which were motivated by an arm around the shoulder and which were more motivated by a verbal kick up the backside! Jayne I agree with you about Klopp but not sure Mourinho has it - if he has it didn’t work at Old Trafford but I think that Dean Smith and Gareth Southgate have.

Yes, but look at Spurs now...how cunningly he's building and shaping the team and the squad; Bale was a bigger risk than he looked "on paper", and Reguilon was a clever move. Mourinho still seems to know how to get close to his players....... the Resurrection of José is under way....
I didn't expect it, but its going to be a fascinating thing to watch.

[oddoneout]

I know nothing about cricket, but very much enjoyed this PP. Mike Brearley has a good radio voice, and I always think it's a bonus when I am surprised to get to the end of the programme much sooner than I expected.

[cloughie]

I always thought MB deserved his place in the England if he’d never scored a run - he knew his team - which were motivated by an arm around the shoulder and which were more motivated by a verbal kick up the backside! Jayne I agree with you about Klopp but not sure Mourinho has it - if he has it didn’t work at Old Trafford but I think that Dean Smith and Gareth Southgate have.

[kernelbogey]

Mike Brearley, people: respect for the Great Man.

Mea culpa....

[jayne lee wilson]

Mike Brearley, people: respect for the Great Man.

I do think his psychological subtlety on the field was a major part of getting the best out of Botham - Both - in the legendary 1981 Ashes series - I recall Brearley saying that "he brings out the boyishness in me", but it went a lot further than that....he knew when to care and comfort and when to inspire, motivate and cajole a cricketer who was essentially inspirational. You could see this clearly in the on-field body language at the time.
I wasn't surprised to hear some years ago that he had become a psychoanalyst, a discipline which has always fascinated me: it shows us how we are "run from below".....as Larkin said our identities are at least partly..."what something hidden from us chose".... about facing and accepting yourself - your best self and your worst. Using those positive and negative energies.

You see this in the more sophisticated Football managers too of course, such as Mourinho and The Mersey God Klopp.....

[kernelbogey]

I had no idea Brierley had gone on to a career as a psychoanalyst.

Nor I....

[Nick Armstrong]

Today's programme with Mike Brierley - cricketer and psychoanalyst - was very good: interesting musical choices; and of course quite a bit about cricket. There was a gratifying synergy between guest and presenter.

Yes, one of the best - very thoughtful & interesting.

I had no idea Brierley had gone on to a career as a psychoanalyst.

[kernelbogey]

Today's programme with Mike Brearley - cricketer and psychoanalyst - was very good: interesting musical choices; and of course quite a bit about cricket. There was a gratifying synergy between guest and presenter.

[oddoneout]

Yes, very good. Have bought her books for family members, need to get round to reading one or two myself....

I have read her first two, not sure I want to read the third at the moment, things seem quite dark enough as it is.
This is interesting https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...gs-sarah-perry

[Nick Armstrong]

Sarah Perry as guest today had interesting things to say about her writing and about her musical choices: inculding contemporary composer Stephen Crowe, new to me.

Yes, very good. Have bought her books for family members, need to get round to reading one or two myself....

[kernelbogey]

Sarah Perry as guest today had interesting things to say about her writing and about her musical choices: inculding contemporary composer Stephen Crowe, new to me.

[Pianorak]

I hadn't heard the programme before. One of the best in the series - what a truly great man!

[kernelbogey]

I heard this first time around and it was no less moving repeated. A bonus for me was hearing the original piano and violin version of Lark Ascending.

I had a strong feeling that I had heard this programme before: not stated to be a repeat in the Sounds website, nor in the back-announcement at the end of the progamme.

[oddoneout]

A remarkable programme in which the guest is David Nott, a Welsh surgeon who has worked in many war zones over numerous years. Extraordinarily humblling.

I heard this first time around and it was no less moving repeated. A bonus for me was hearing the original piano and violin version of Lark Ascending.