persvenality cult
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It's an interesting point.onceabluealways said:When you are under pressure you play the players who will take that pressure away, he should have played a stronger team, especially at the back.
we now go into the weekend without a win in three, when did Chelsea, rags and Arsenal last lose three on the bounce.
There manager would have played a stronger team to bounce back. we need to stop catering to the whim of these so called stars and get them earning their money. if we were in the CL we wouldn't be playing the reserves and they would still be expected to win at the weekend.
The benefit of the this tournament is that you can get the team playing ready for the CL hopefully next season
I think he's a professional gambler, and a single minded one. He walks the line all the time, did it at the start of the season by faffing about with the squad until the very last possible moment. He gambled that last night they could get the job done, now it looks worse, but would a win last night have shut everyone up, or would they still be on about two league defeats? If he'd have got a win last night but at the expense of lowering his chances of a win on sunday or wednesday, is that really a wise trade off? The only way to shut them up comprehensively is to get a draw and a win in his next two.
And if he'd played a full strength team and not got the win, that would have been the worst of both worlds.
Pressure is all in the mind and can work for you or against you; I think they will be highly motivated against WBA, it's a classic scenario we see played out all the time in the league. We need the win desparately, they probably are quite comfortable with what they have achieved recently. 'Confidence' has to be weighed against how resolute the individuals are. I don't see that last night's loss will likely have an adverse affect on players who weren't involved.