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Is it just me or does it sound like he already knows he is sacked. Astonishing rant, astonishing.

Is it just me or does it sound like he already knows he is sacked. Astonishing rant, astonishing.

Is it just me or does it sound like he already knows he is sacked. Astonishing rant, astonishing.

First post I've done but I've been thinking a similar thing for a while. Been thinking about this psycholgical side for a while.
I'm using my own experiences in life as my basis. You can't do what you don't like effectively for a long period of time, you get mental restrictions. You simply get disappointed and start looking for alternatives. Most of our attacking players have grown up in environments where the most skillful are hailed as the best. They've become the players they are because of their attacking talent, they look forward to the game so they can get out there and show millions what they are capble of attacking-wise. Everyone keeps saying results always come first but I believe deep down they feel much more powerful emotions and satisfaction if they have an amazing attacking game and draw 3-3 rather than grind out a 1-0 win with 2 shots all game against an inferior opponent.
If you think logically the 1-0 is obviously the better result but you simply can't sustain that mentality with certain players. I know at least I would be having so many dark thoughts if I was in Hazard's place last season. Can I really fulfill my potential playing like that? Did I spend 15 years of my youth working so hard for this? And so on, and so on. You will never hear anyone say it but deep down they are all just humans who want to have fun in their work. And these aren't the thoughts of this season, but last season.
When we were looking for a new manager a couple years ago there was this usual Guardiola v Mourinho debate(before either had a new club). The most common thing I saw mentioned was that Guardiola only did it because of his amazing players and since Barcelona keep having success without him, he isn't really all that. I believe that's exactly the reason he is the best manager in the world. He was able to create a long-term succesful environment because his players were doing what they most wanted to do. There are exceptions which follow the example I brought earlier(ie Ibrahimovic has never not been the main man in the team and he simply didn't want to play that way for Guardiola) but by and large he established the fundamentals for a decade of success.
I don't believe Jose can do that, it is not in his nature. Jose wants to be the main man, it has to be his way that gets us the titles. Because we aren't mentally ready to go another season like the last we will start playing more attacking football this season (already have to be honest, all games are a lot more open). The problem is we are not really good at that stuff because his focus has always been defesnvie and set-pieces. Its up to Jose now to show he can be flexible and train a team with attaking mentality, if he can't he is done here. There was this great comparison of Pellegrini and Mourinho recently in one ESPN article. Pellegrini spend most of his training time on attacking movement while Mourinho prefers his attacking to improvise and mostly does defending and set-piece drills ont raining. Its a cliche but theres a reason for this 3rd season syndrome, you simply can't do what you don't like for 3 seasons in a row.

First post I've done but I've been thinking a similar thing for a while. Been thinking about this psycholgical side for a while.
I'm using my own experiences in life as my basis. You can't do what you don't like effectively for a long period of time, you get mental restrictions. You simply get disappointed and start looking for alternatives. Most of our attacking players have grown up in environments where the most skillful are hailed as the best. They've become the players they are because of their attacking talent, they look forward to the game so they can get out there and show millions what they are capble of attacking-wise. Everyone keeps saying results always come first but I believe deep down they feel much more powerful emotions and satisfaction if they have an amazing attacking game and draw 3-3 rather than grind out a 1-0 win with 2 shots all game against an inferior opponent.
If you think logically the 1-0 is obviously the better result but you simply can't sustain that mentality with certain players. I know at least I would be having so many dark thoughts if I was in Hazard's place last season. Can I really fulfill my potential playing like that? Did I spend 15 years of my youth working so hard for this? And so on, and so on. You will never hear anyone say it but deep down they are all just humans who want to have fun in their work. And these aren't the thoughts of this season, but last season.
When we were looking for a new manager a couple years ago there was this usual Guardiola v Mourinho debate(before either had a new club). The most common thing I saw mentioned was that Guardiola only did it because of his amazing players and since Barcelona keep having success without him, he isn't really all that. I believe that's exactly the reason he is the best manager in the world. He was able to create a long-term succesful environment because his players were doing what they most wanted to do. There are exceptions which follow the example I brought earlier(ie Ibrahimovic has never not been the main man in the team and he simply didn't want to play that way for Guardiola) but by and large he established the fundamentals for a decade of success.
I don't believe Jose can do that, it is not in his nature. Jose wants to be the main man, it has to be his way that gets us the titles. Because we aren't mentally ready to go another season like the last we will start playing more attacking football this season (already have to be honest, all games are a lot more open). The problem is we are not really good at that stuff because his focus has always been defesnvie and set-pieces. Its up to Jose now to show he can be flexible and train a team with attaking mentality, if he can't he is done here. There was this great comparison of Pellegrini and Mourinho recently in one ESPN article. Pellegrini spend most of his training time on attacking movement while Mourinho prefers his attacking to improvise and mostly does defending and set-piece drills ont raining. Its a cliche but theres a reason for this 3rd season syndrome, you simply can't do what you don't like for 3 seasons in a row.

First post I've done but I've been thinking a similar thing for a while. Been thinking about this psycholgical side for a while.
I'm using my own experiences in life as my basis. You can't do what you don't like effectively for a long period of time, you get mental restrictions. You simply get disappointed and start looking for alternatives. Most of our attacking players have grown up in environments where the most skillful are hailed as the best. They've become the players they are because of their attacking talent, they look forward to the game so they can get out there and show millions what they are capble of attacking-wise. Everyone keeps saying results always come first but I believe deep down they feel much more powerful emotions and satisfaction if they have an amazing attacking game and draw 3-3 rather than grind out a 1-0 win with 2 shots all game against an inferior opponent.
If you think logically the 1-0 is obviously the better result but you simply can't sustain that mentality with certain players. I know at least I would be having so many dark thoughts if I was in Hazard's place last season. Can I really fulfill my potential playing like that? Did I spend 15 years of my youth working so hard for this? And so on, and so on. You will never hear anyone say it but deep down they are all just humans who want to have fun in their work. And these aren't the thoughts of this season, but last season.
When we were looking for a new manager a couple years ago there was this usual Guardiola v Mourinho debate(before either had a new club). The most common thing I saw mentioned was that Guardiola only did it because of his amazing players and since Barcelona keep having success without him, he isn't really all that. I believe that's exactly the reason he is the best manager in the world. He was able to create a long-term succesful environment because his players were doing what they most wanted to do. There are exceptions which follow the example I brought earlier(ie Ibrahimovic has never not been the main man in the team and he simply didn't want to play that way for Guardiola) but by and large he established the fundamentals for a decade of success.
I don't believe Jose can do that, it is not in his nature. Jose wants to be the main man, it has to be his way that gets us the titles. Because we aren't mentally ready to go another season like the last we will start playing more attacking football this season (already have to be honest, all games are a lot more open). The problem is we are not really good at that stuff because his focus has always been defesnvie and set-pieces. Its up to Jose now to show he can be flexible and train a team with attaking mentality, if he can't he is done here. There was this great comparison of Pellegrini and Mourinho recently in one ESPN article. Pellegrini spend most of his training time on attacking movement while Mourinho prefers his attacking to improvise and mostly does defending and set-piece drills ont raining. Its a cliche but theres a reason for this 3rd season syndrome, you simply can't do what you don't like for 3 seasons in a row.

I don't think Hazard meant the squad. When Arsenal fans were singing boring, boring Chelsea some of our players probably agreed with those fans. I think players like Hazard, De Bruyne, Mata prefer to play matches like Liverpool-City in 2014.
People always say players we sell are not fighters etc. but when Moyes spent hours on defensive practice United players also lost their motivation.