A Bit Less Preparation Please

[Boot 0]

I noticed the following quote from Peter Grant''s press conference this morning:

"And the one thing I know is that we can''t work any harder. I don''t think Sir Alex Ferguson, I don''t think Manchester United, Chelsea put in as much preparation as we do." (sic)

I don''t think I''m divulging any secrets when I say that the average footballer has an extremely small brain - and our footballers are more average than most.  If PG is trying to fill their heads with formations, tactics and attempting to analyze every little thing it''s no wonder the players run around the pitch like headless chickens.  In business we work on the KISS principle...namely "keep it simple stupid!" and a bit of this would not go amiss in the Norwich dressing room.  I''m all for working on set pieces, fitness, marking etc but how about a team talk along the lines of "look we''ve been crap lets just go out and play with joy in our hearts, we''ve got nothing to lose".  I for one don''t want to hear any more about "effort" and "getting stuck in" and would much rather see some quality football played with freedom.  Brian Clough''s imortal team talk of "just go out and play, there''s a ball kick it" would be most welcome.

Our floundering manager is on his way out....a lost dressing room can''t be recovered in my opinion.  If I were him I''d be saying "come on you lot lets just enjoy, go out and express yourselves!"  Fat chance sadly

 

[JohnoBono 0]

You Know, sometimes Less is More, so the saying goes.

Maybe he is trying just a bit too hard. Often the steady eddy is a more produtive person the manic scrabber. There is that fact that throwing more and more people at a job does not mean you will get the job done any quicker, it could even take longer.

Thats the feeling I get with Grant as I watch him on the touch line. He is a man still scrabbing to get the job done, to get the point across, still strainning to get that last bit of info to his work force when it all should had been done in the coaching and the briefing.

I have said before that I think it comes down to a couple of things. Grant is a coach and not a manager, and there is such a big difference between the too. And I get the feeling that he really does not trust his players to do what he has told them to do. If he did there would not be all the shouting, arm waving and hysterics on the side of the pitch. All that does is confuse and demotivate already confused and demotivated players.  

Sometimes as manager you have to trust others to carry out your instructions. Give them the chance to prove that they have understood what you have told them and allow them to make mistakes along the way because that is part of the learning curve. If you are on there backs all the time, shouting, yelling pointing and waving wildly, all you do is stifle and generate fear and then mistakes set in and confidence takes a dive, confusion sets in, and so it goes on.

A manager has to trust in what he is saying, trust his hearers to take it on board, and trust them to carry it out with accountablity but not fear. It''s Permission to succeed.

[Rudolph Hucker 0]

Do you mean like.....one of those special impulsive moments?

[canary cherub 1]

I think you could be right Jono.  What struck me about the Man City game was that he put out 11 players and let them get on with it, no subs and it sounded like less tinkering with the formation than usual.  OK we lost but we played better and Man City reserves is arguably the best opposition we''ve faced all season.

 

[InLambertWeTrust! 0]

[quote user="RUDOLPH HUCKER"]Do you mean like.....one of those special impulsive moments?[/quote]

And what special impulsive moments would they be [H]