Sunday, 22 November 2009

Captain Darling ?

This Thursday night at 9.15, Radio Three are broadcasting a talk by Mike Brearley on Narcissism and Leadership. Brearley, who lost only 4 of his 31 Test matches as England captain, is now a psychoanalyst. Apparently, he warns that "anyone in a position of responsibility has to be wary of the wish to be admired." Could be an interesting listen, especially for our notoriously image-conscious slate of skippers - EC, Ziggy, Ken and Coco.

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  2. Sounds good but I wonder if our X Factor-obsessed
    membership are Nightwaves listeners and whether they know where to locate Radio Three
    -so we better provide a link:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nyvcg

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  3. How can a mere captain be narcissistic?

    To be truly admired, one must have transcendent greatness.

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  4. Anyone looking for advice on captaining a cricket team would surely be better advised to obtain this:

    http://tinyurl.com/ydun9vh

    er...

    perhaps this helps explains how the 2nds beat Falkland having been 19-5...

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  5. Mike Atherton had a good column on Brearley's talk yesterday, which can be found here -
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/mike_atherton/article6941272.ece

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