17 Mar 2018 17:16:03
Well that's a welcome relief. We've hit the fabled 40 points, Tosun is an all terrain weatherproof beast and some luck finally went our way with decisions today. Vital to be in a secure position before the visit of Citeh. Hopefully we can use the rest of the season to build the mental strength and cohesion of the team, rather than down tools and start visualising sunbathing already.
17 Mar 2018 17:46:29
Not the case of luck but at last picking a winning Team without change. Still want him gone (I like Alardyce and wanted him because we needed his particular talent but he has proved up to now he is not the long term solution) but I said at the beginning the bloke was not the neanderthal some would have us believe, he embraces modern methods one of which is the Sports Psychologist and that does seem to have worked this week.
{Ed025's Note - except on bolasie DFS..
17 Mar 2018 21:33:45
The club has had a sports psychologist for years and that hasn't made a difference to our away form. Allardyce was supposed to bring one in but didn't.
Managers train and breed a winning mentality into players or go out and sign players with winning mentalities.
Expecting a sports psychologist to do the work for you is not revolutionary or forward thinking.
Relying on psychologists and stats will save you from relegation, building a team and galvanizing team spirit will win you a league or trophy.
17 Mar 2018 22:10:35
Smit, correct.
17 Mar 2018 23:24:02
Ducks sports psychologist have been going for 100 years. This has nothing to do with tactics, buying and selling players, training techniques, man management, physical fitness or style of play.
If I had to run around for 90 minutes watching the ball fly over my head then I'd want to have a chat with one.
I don't think anyone said he was a Neanderthal just that his style of football was crap.
17 Mar 2018 18:18:07
Yeh Ed Bolasie was poor and so was Tom.
{Ed025's Note - they were GB but i thought keane had his best game for us which is a plus mate..
17 Mar 2018 19:54:17
Ed025. Give you that one.