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Abdul19
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Disagree. If there was a god the result at BP would be exactly the sort of thing he or she would be worrying about. And we wouldn't be shit.


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Would you like it with cream and sugar


Probably neither because it’s a savoury dish

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie



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That  survey is about job satisfaction, not motivation. It's satisfying being told you've done a good job, but the motivation is not the same thing.


Getting moaned at for the bad stuff without praise for the good stuff is demotivating (and can wear down your confidence). If my boss is good with me I’ll walk through walls. If my boss is an areshole I’ll not give that extra effort and I’ll go where I’m appreciated (if the money is alright).

Giving me praise will more likely make me want to do better, and take on board the constructive criticism, and therefore get better. A genuine pat* on the back (not gratuitous praise) is motivating.

* an image of Padraig Amond clinging on to Omar’s back at Wembley has just popped up in my head 🙂


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Beat Barrow we go above them. Two games in hand of Southend and only three points behind. Destiny is definitely in our own hands..


If only football was this simple.

I really don't go in for this "it's in our own hands" nonsense unless there were two or three games to go.

By the time we play Barrow we could be well adrift of them.
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I have said for ages now that, although having a poor squad pre-January, the biggest issue was we had no 'luck' i.e. Saturday where we were 2nd best and came away with all 3 points.

Every team we have faced so far has had a some luck, we have seemingly had none in my pinion.

Here's hoping we have clicked in for a lucky run
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I have said for ages now that, although having a poor squad pre-January, the biggest issue was we had no 'luck' i.e. Saturday where we were 2nd best and came away with all 3 points.

Every team we have faced so far has had a some luck, we have seemingly had none in my pinion.

Here's hoping we have clicked in for a lucky run


I wonder if there's any research on how big a factor luck is in football. We've all watched hundreds of games were a deflection dropped to a striker who scored and where the same kind of deflection pings off a defender for a throw in. Town always seem to get the latter (or is that just me?).


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If only football was this simple.

I really don't go in for this "it's in our own hands" nonsense unless there were two or three games to go.

By the time we play Barrow we could be well adrift of them.


For fear of opening up a can of worms that may have closed......the 'in our own hands thing' is about motivation. Humans want to feel like they are in control and have a direct impact on events. Saying to the players '18 games to go, 54 points available, we need about 20 of those 54' is a motivator - you can control this, you 'own' it, you can influence the outcome. Psychologically it's much more compelling than 'there's nothing we can do, let's hope it goes our way'.


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In the long-term luck will broadly be equal.  Similar to the number of heads or tails.

To some extent you make the opportunities to benefit from good luck.

On the positive side, they brought in the golden goal in extra time - and we benefitted at Wembley.  Cue glorious scenes by Town fans.




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In the long-term luck will broadly be equal.  Similar to the number of heads or tails.

To some extent you make the opportunities to benefit from good luck.

On the positive side, they brought in the golden goal in extra time - and we benefitted at Wembley.  Cue glorious scenes by Town fans.






Yes....but I also wonder if greater skill brings greater luck (Tony Jacklin's 'the more I practice the luckier I get') because you are more skillful in how you deal with the deflection or whatever. Man City don't seem to have the same bad luck that Grimsby get.


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For fear of opening up a can of worms that may have closed......the 'in our own hands thing' is about motivation. Humans want to feel like they are in control and have a direct impact on events. Saying to the players '18 games to go, 54 points available, we need about 20 of those 54' is a motivator - you can control this, you 'own' it, you can influence the outcome. Psychologically it's much more compelling than 'there's nothing we can do, let's hope it goes our way'.


As I said previously, lack of control provokes fear and anxiety. Control the controllables should be the message.


"The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.” Bill Shankly
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