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The Game Is About Glory Podcast

Doubting Thomas
Season 6 Episode 23

Steff, Milo and Gareth are your therapists helping guide us all through the choppy waters which saw a home defeat to Fulham and a CL away defeat to PSG. You actually get a little over the usual ‘hour’ AND we don’t charge, so settle back on the couch, clear your mind, and engage with the assistance being offered (hope it helps!)…


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Doubting Thomas
Season 6 Episode 23

Steff, Milo and Gareth are your therapists helping guide us all through the choppy waters which saw a home defeat to Fulham and a CL away defeat to PSG. You actually get a little over the usual ‘hour’ AND we don’t charge, so settle back on the couch, clear your mind, and engage with the assistance being offered (hope it helps!)…


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I listen to the pod on my commute of a Monday, always gives me a reason to get up on a Monday.
Only about 20 minutes in atm, so the comments about the players don't know what to do, the instructions aren't clear, they're confused.
how many times have we heard this, it's the same with every manager, are the players dumb?
We've went from all out attack last season, which confused them apparently, to "solidity" this season and they don't understand that either.
Are they goldilocks?
 
I listen to the pod on my commute of a Monday, always gives me a reason to get up on a Monday.
Only about 20 minutes in atm, so the comments about the players don't know what to do, the instructions aren't clear, they're confused.
how many times have we heard this, it's the same with every manager, are the players dumb?
We've went from all out attack last season, which confused them apparently, to "solidity" this season and they don't understand that either.
Are they goldilocks?

I think if you have spent two seasons aligning the club to a style of play -or at least an ethos of front-foot play- then to flip the tables so as suddenly they are now being set-up not to concede first and foremost and coached to create chances in a different way to before, then no, they're not 'dumb' we just keep flipping managerial styles all the time and players get thrown around within that. Whether we think that's right or wrong in terms of principles, I think it is a fact. Have we made successive appts of managers who carry the same ethos and way of playing football in the last 25 years? I genuinely don't think so.

One thing I don't they were last season was confused. I appreciate there are many differing views on what we were doing, and that (leaving the reasons why out of it) things did not seem to be working. But I never once got the impression the players were confused.
 
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