by Victor Meldrew »
09 Nov 2009 20:00
Dirk Gently Stranded The thing is it's not a loooong series of bad results, it's a continuation of a stupidly poor home record.
Our away record is solid midtable (we're 13th on the away table) it's the home form (where we are firmly routed last) that is the trouble. We need to win at home for everyone's sake, if we do then I believe we will be midtable this year, which for a rebuilding season is fine.
And the longer theh run at home goes on, the worst it becomes and the more it plays on players' minds, and the harder it is to overcome!
Isn't it the job of the management team to get inside players' heads?
Do we have a sports psychiatrist these days amongst all those employees that contributed to our massive wage bill?
When the great Bill Shankly bought players he would get as much detail about them as possible before buying.
Does the big book say anything about finding out the mental strength of players before actually buying them?
Our team at the moment seems to be full of players frightened of taking on responsibility so I hope that Brendan in this period of reflection is looking up the word "responsibility" in the big book to help him when the players return after the International break.
BTW there aren't so many going away on international duty these days are there?