davieG Posted 1 May 2014 Posted 1 May 2014 They may play in a different style, but the current Leicester City side share a similarity to the famous Martin O'Neill squad of the 1990s – fantastic team spirit. That is the opinion of former City defender Pontus Kamark. The Sweden international defender spent four successful years under O'Neill when City were regularly upsetting the big clubs in the Premier League and lifted the League Cup in 1997. Kamark, who is now a television presenter in Sweden and hosts a regular Saturday night English football show, said that special bond among the players, which he has seen in the current City squad, reminds him of O'Neill's teams. The 45-year-old Kamark, who was capped 57 times by his country, said the same spirit was present when Sweden finished third in the 1994 World Cup in the USA. "It is very important," he said. "It is not only a cliché. "You have to stick together through good and bad. You need to be able to help each other and love and hate each other. For example, if the manager doesn't have the dressing room, you have a lousy team. "If you can get everyone together you don't need as much skill to be successful. "The example I use is the Sweden team that finished third in the World Cup in 1994. We were built on our team spirit. "We knew we couldn't compete with the biggest teams on skill. "We have snow six months of the year and they have all the skilful players. "To be third in the world with Sweden was testament to doing the best we could with what we had got, and we had a great team spirit. Team spirit is especially important if you don't have the money to simply buy the best players. "You can get results that way but you can't win everything with only good players, you need that team spirit." Kamark said it is obvious that present City manager Nigel Pearson has the support and faith of all his players, as O'Neill did. "I don't know him personally but it looks as though everyone here is happy and they respect the manager," he said. "If you respect the manager, he becomes like a father figure and you follow him. That is important. I am happy with what I have seen." Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Present-squad-team-spirit-O-Neill-s/story-21039996-detail/story.html?#ixzz30SRNQ5qw
Dan Posted 1 May 2014 Posted 1 May 2014 From a fans viewpoint that's basically what I see. Glad to see it being acknowledged by someone who played in a very good side for us.
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