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good mood and you can deal with him. Sometimes you hear him swearing at somebody and you just think ‘oh no, I’ll stay away from him today!’

“George is always trying to pick the boys up, even when things aren’t going well, but that’s Geo – he’s always trying to motivate everyone, inspire everyone and keep everybody’s head up.”

Having been a prolific striker, Jason says he’s trying to pass on what he has learned – and won’t have youngsters doing something he hasn’t done.

He explained: “The biggest aspect of being a coach is communicating with the lads, you’re training with them on a daily basis. Whether it’s the gaffer or any of the coaches, being able to have that chemistry to talk to players is important.

“Things will happen in games, or in drills that I try to put out for them to learn and understand. I’m not telling them to do something I haven’t done – it’s something I have done and know will happen.

“I don’t want a striker to come and say after ‘you didn’t tell me this would happen’ because I played the game, and at a high level, so it’s something I’ve learned or I’ve seen and that I’m trying to pass on. Dealing with players and trying to motivate them in every possible way is important.

“You’re telling the strikers that it’s about them doing well and scoring goals,that they might potentially get a move, but in the meantime the team benefits from what they do.

“When I was playing I wanted to do well, I was a striker and wanted to score goals, so sometimes I was a bit greedy.

“But I just wanted to do well and in the end I did.

“And it was mainly down to me that wherever I went I enjoyed my football.”

It’s a long day and it’s busy but it’s enjoyable as well… I have fun with the boys