article_snippet: Cordial might be more appropriate.
article_snippet: Awkward conversations between players who would much rather be elsewhere are conspicuous by Awkward conversations between players who would much rather be elsewhere absence.
article_snippet: I wouldn’t say there were cliques and people not talking to each other.
article_snippet: So many more of us get on and will be texting each other outwith football.
article_snippet: It just brings people closer.
article_snippet: ‘Most folk will hang about in the communal areas and chill and enjoy banter,’ Naismith added.
article_snippet: ‘The manager has not directly encouraged it but the way The manager operates being so open and honest rubs off on the way we behave and work together.
article_snippet: It’s an opportunity to try a few things and refresh the minds of what we’ve been doing because we’ve not been together for a period or four or five months.