Our target

Quoted from smokey111

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

I really don't have a clue what you are talking about.

You cannot control what the opposition do, you cannot control players making individual mistakes that cost goals, you cannot stop players making rash challenges in the penalty area (Rose), you cannot control officials making wrong decisions whether that is disallowing a goal or allowing one that shouldn't have been.

All a manager can control is how to play a game but once the players have crossed that white line a fair bit of that control is lost.

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

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'.

How come we are still bottom of the League then?

Quoted from arryarryarry

How come we are still bottom of the League then?

Half a season managed by an idiot.
A disastrous recruitment policy with no friendlies to start the season.
A complete team rebuild halfway through the season.
Approach, as Hurst says, only one game at a time. Which seems very sensible to me as the performance against Crawley in my humble opinion was pretty rubbish but the result was fantastic
UTM

Quoted from Zmariner

Half a season managed by an idiot.
A disastrous recruitment policy with no friendlies to start the season.
A complete team rebuild halfway through the season.
Approach, as Hurst says, only one game at a time. Which seems very sensible to me as the performance against Crawley in my humble opinion was pretty rubbish but the result was fantastic
UTM

I would say he was more of a clown, but to add to that we weren't bottom of the League when he left.

Quoted from arryarryarry

How come we are still bottom of the League then?

Please see Zmariner's comment.

I was talking about the psychology of it. If your team is not technically as good as all other teams you're still more likely to lose. I can put a toddler with ADHD in the right mindset to perform neurosurgery but it doesn't mean they are qualified or capable of doing it.

We should have only one target at this point.


Win the next game.

Quoted from arryarryarry

I would say he was more of a clown, but to add to that we weren't bottom of the League when he left.

He jumped ship before it hit the rocks.

Quoted from DB

He jumped ship before it hit the rocks.

I think he "jumped ship" because of his involvement with JF and that criminal.

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Please see Zmariner's comment.

I was talking about the psychology of it. If your team is not technically as good as all other teams you're still more likely to lose. I can put a toddler with ADHD in the right mindset to perform neurosurgery but it doesn't mean they are qualified or capable of doing it.

I'm sorry but I don't have a clue what the frig you are on about.

Quoted from arryarryarry

I really don't have a clue what you are talking about.

You cannot control what the opposition do, you cannot control players making individual mistakes that cost goals, you cannot stop players making rash challenges in the penalty area (Rose), you cannot control officials making wrong decisions whether that is disallowing a goal or allowing one that shouldn't have been.

All a manager can control is how to play a game but once the players have crossed that white line a fair bit of that control is lost.

Ok. Firstly, breathe and take your time. Don't worry if you have to read it once or twice, nobody will know, so we can't judge you. What is controllable? Our own results. IF, still a big IF, we can perform well enough, we will win enough games and stay up. The players have control over this outcome. Therefore, it is controllable. It is worth investing time, energy and perhaps a little worry over this.

Now, have a little rest. Let it sink in. Go back over it if you need to. Go make yourself a cuppa.

What is not controllable and is not worth worrying about?

The results of Barrow, Southend, Stevenage, Colchester etc. Unless we are playing them*

* Skip that last little bit about when we play them. Your head might hurt. It might be considered a grey area and it may have created a little confusion.

Therefore we control the controllable. It IS in our own hands.

Stop looking back, being so negative and look forward to tomorrow's game. Players are regaining fitness, the squad has more depth and quality. We didn't play particularly well the other night and we won.

Before you state the obvious, I know we are still bottom but we have an unbeaten streak of one, if we make it three or four we will be creating some real momentum.