"Thanks to Conor Coady, we also had Traitors' to play our version of the popular TV game, Southgate writes, with the enthusiasm so high that celebrity visitors also took part. All of the players were involved, taking the role of either traitor' or faithful', and all spending their downtime engaging in the deception, trying to eliminate their opponents or remain undetected. Even Robbie Williams joined in."
"Some colleagues took the game incredibly seriously, with notes being slid under people's doors at night and Marc Guehi, the son of a minister, anguishing about having to lie if he was made a traitor! It was fantastic fun and more effective as a team-bonding exercise than anything we could have formally designed. Southgate's attention to detail, his willingness to leave no stone unturned in hunting for improvements in his team's performance, is one of the consistent threads in the book."
The England squad spent downtime playing The Traitors, a version of the social deduction game Werewolf, which began at the Qatar 2022 World Cup after Conor Coady introduced it. All players participated as either traitor or faithful, and celebrity visitors sometimes joined in, including Robbie Williams. The craze expanded in later tournaments such as Euro 24 to include wider staff. Players sometimes took the game seriously, sliding notes under doors and agonising about deception. The activity proved highly effective for team bonding and complemented a persistent focus on attention to detail and continuous improvement in team performance.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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