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So what is it about our manager that just does not motivate our players? yesterdays shocking display aside why do our players just do not seem to have the stomach or a backbone for a fight..Bilic had said before the opening to the new season he expects to see a 100% commitment from the players but i saw no sign of it yesterday...we were ok until obiangs mistake after that the players attitude seemed to be ahh well thats the game gone and so it proved to be...no passion on the pitch bilic chatting to moanrino like it was a friendly and i think theres the rub Bilic is to nice...yes he has spats with players and banishes them from the team but that clearly does not work players sulk but still pick up there money and no sooner or later he will be replaced so why put effort in for him..maybe some players in the squad waiting for a chance are losing interest when they see us getting turned over regular and yet same players get picked week in week out with out a sniff of a chance....i ould find that hard to stomach myself and wonder what am i doing...well this coming week bilic and the players better show more than a 100% improvement and commitment because southampton away should hold no fear and they have not scored at home for something like 6 games and got a 0-0 with swansea we lose that and management and some first team players need to be rested for a long long time and others given a chance.
Not enough self-respect.
Not enough from the players, because they should be ashamed to play like that. (They should be ashamed of how they played in PRE-season, too!) And not enough from Slaven if he lets them get away with that kind of performance. I disagree with you that it was OK until Obiang's mistake. That certainly put the nail in it, but they were giving it away cheaply from the start.
I'd imagine apart from when
I'd imagine apart from when he was new and a fresh face, Slav bores the sh1t out of players during team talks. He certainly has that effect on me during his interviews
We as a team need to adopt
We as a team need to adopt "small man syndrome " and bloody quickly. As a professional in sport whether it be as a coach manager or player we have to hate losing! Rightly we all abhor the diving and cheating that goes on in the game but it almost certainly came from a coach that wanted to gain an advantage and was happy to do what it took. I used to coach a couple of years back, starting with kids. I was always thinking how can these kids gain an advantage over others. I decided on 2 things 1 was always train with heavy balls and play a formation no one but U.S. We're familiar with. My point is we should always looking for something to give us an edge and don't just except things as they are. At the moment we are just excepting things as a club and not fighting back.
For the first 10 minutes we
For the first 10 minutes we were going well and i said to myself "ello ello could be a upset here ",we were combatant knocking it about nicely ,Zab was sending nice balls down the flanks and then all of a sudden retreat ,drop back and defend as if they were flouting Slavs orders in trying to show some flair by getting forward and trying to get something ,from then on they bombarded us ,I'd like to know what manager in his right mind thinks its ok to go to the opponents ground ,especially O T and defend with the intentions of getting a point ,its not possible