mind games

[bobtheturkey]

Do you honestly think professional footballers performances are affected by a couple of adult men acting like a couple of 10 year olds in a playground? if it were me i would be reading the comments and laughing my head of

Whoever wins the title be it Liverpool, united, Chelsea or whoever it will be because they are the best side not because some manager said something in the press in January, the press love this carry on and play it out as much as they can, i hear the sort of banter fergie comes out with every day at work and i laugh at it, yet im not cushioned by the fact i earn 100k a week :)

[Everhelpful]

Bet You Fergie's laughing as well. Another one bites!!

[123everton]

Rafa's feeling the pressure, you can see it in his face and eyes, his health is suffering with it.
No hiding from it.
They're facts.

[lesblue]

The best side will win the title, but it also helps to have a master of mind games at the helm. On this occasion Rafa has played straight into Fergie's hands. The fat Spanish waiter is feeling the pressure, and with that pressure comes mistakes in tactics, team selection etc. He had the ideal opportunity on Saturday to really put down a marker for the rest of the season. He could have said to his team: "Win this and we are six points clear. At least one (possibly both) of our main two rivals are going to drop points this weekend, this is Stoke we are playing,
they lost to Hartlepool last week and have lost four league games in a row." He could then have played Torres and Keane and really gone for it. BUT HE BOTTLED IT. The team selection was wrong, the tactics were wrong, and I believe he brought a lot of that on himself with his outburst at Ferguson. Fergie is laughing all the way to another title. Chelsea are carrying too many passengers, Arsenal too far off the pace, Villa too inconsistant, so that leaves Liverpool. I don't think so, do you?