It was a remarkable, passionate call to arms that struck right to the heart of the issues of a team expected to be challenging much nearer the top of the Premier League this season.
"Right now, we don't have it," said the frustrated manager. "The fans, they come here and we have to give them something, they expect and we have to do it. But we don't have it right now.
"You have a tendency when you're a human being, when you've won a lot (you think) 'I should do this, I should do that' but you have to work. You have to put fire in every ball and every action and every situation. It's not about being better or not. It's more 'come on, let's go'.
