If, however, it makes the Lads question their behaviour for a second – ambitious, I know – it will be worth it.
Big but token one-day strikes against Post Office modernisation and reform of prison officers' pay in 2007 did neither interest much good, though they may have made the lads feel better in a non-monetary way.
"If it makes the lads feel more confident about being a Championship team then that was a great result.
"Brighton have made the lad an offer which is too good for him to turn down," MK Dons manager Karl Robinson told the club website. .
"We've got to try and make sure the lads gain a bit of faith from that and take it into the next game.
Us three have chatted about it to make sure the lads of aware how different semi-final games are – you have to make sure you're at 100%.
"There's been games this year I don't think we should have lost and it's my job as head coach to make sure the lads are prepared and we win those games".".
Norman failed to make birdie, making the local lad Mize the latest player to relegate Norman to the runner-up spot.
Channel 4 made such a big splash of it, and I'd made all the lads pile back and watch it, and by the end, when the credits rolled, there was this big silence and someone just lit a fag and went, 'Yeah'".
Adam Murray, on the eve of his first home match as so-called permanent manager of Mansfield, said: "It will be a proud moment for five seconds but then my mind will be on making sure the lads perform".
