You get a new coach; you do things a little differently.
When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.
At first when I first went to the Chiefs, there was a huge transition from what we had done in New England to a team that was rebuilding.
First year in the league, it's going to be difficult.
When you bring a lot of new players in, that is the hardest thing, getting everyone playing together.
It's always an adjustment period when you are with a new team. Things don't necessarily click how you want them to.
Obviously it's hard to lose a coach; that's not fun for anybody because you care about him and you have a relationship with him. But as players, we just have to keep moving on.
No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
Scottish football doesn't suit me perfectly, how I want to play football.
Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.
When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.
We'll have all the same players... We'll be missing one, actually.
When you come in with the national team, there's an adjustment period. Sometimes you don't have time to adjust.
It always takes some time when you change the technical staff. Sometimes you don't understand what they ask for.
Sometimes a new coach can find it not easy.
The coach is the first person who is under pressure but when a new manager comes you should give him time.
When I was in the second unit, it just took me time to find my rhythm just playing with a lot of new guys. But once I got in the starting lineup, it kind of just opened up a little bit.
Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.
It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.
It's tough coming out of Nebraska, where you're the man and you have to score, to going to the guy that sets the team up and being a role player.
I've experienced it a few times at club level, when a manager goes. It doesn't become any easier, but it's part and parcel.
Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.
People seem to expect when that happens, for players to be brought in that are so much better than the ones that have left. In the end they might be better but in the beginning they might be worse. Because they all have to gel and get to know each other and get to know you.
It takes time to adapt to become an Arsenal player.
It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept.
