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27th September 2016
03:47pm BST

Clarke reportedly considered Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City manager, to deliver a speech to the European team, who defend their Ryder Cup crown at Hazeltine this weekend, but opted for O'Connell due to his renowned leadership qualities.
Alex Ferguson delivered a speech two years ago at Gleneagles in Scotland and the golfers spoke about the positive effect it had on their week.
"He told us a couple stories just of past experiences in some big games and big matches, and some of the players that he managed, and it was a great evening," Rory McIlroy said in 2014.
"It was a really cool thing to be a part of. I was just sitting there and looking up at him, and I didn't take my eyes off him. I was sort of in this trance just listening to everything that he was saying and I'm sort of thinking, this is all the stuff that he's probably said to Manchester United teams over the years."
We reckon O'Connell might have a similar effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhgt2pnSywI
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