It can be tough trying to read between the lines, but any coach who talks about assessing a player ‘hour by hour’ is whistling in the dark. I’d be extremely concerned if any elite player was actually being treated in this fashion.
Ryan is talking about DNA, clearly seeking to try and drum up some post-Mourinho harmony. Beyond too little too late, there is actually the business of Levy supposedly knowing what he was doing when he hired The Special One.
What time to be alive.