Psychology (1 Viewer)

Absolutely.

Makes even more of a mockery of some of the stuff posted earlier in the season.

Coming out of the blocks like that yesterday in such a big game is fantastic

ccfcway said:

Absolutely.

Makes even more of a mockery of some of the stuff posted earlier in the season.

Coming out of the blocks like that yesterday in such a big game is fantastic

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....and then not caving to mounting pressure was equally impressive.....defence were top class

jimmyhillsfanclub said:

....and then not caving to mounting pressure was equally impressive.....defence were top class

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Exactly. This is something some people seem to forget; Defending is part of the game. In hindsight, they had 1 or 2 decent chances. Our plan was clearly to take the lead early and defend, hoping to catch them on the break. We should’ve won by more!

Deleted member 5849 said:

Safe to say one thing that seems to have changed with Robins in charge, is our ability to rise to the occasion. Ever since our relegation season from the premiership (blowing the game against Villa, crashing the last ten games of the next season when chasing playoffs, Charlton away debacle etc. etc.) it's seemed when a truly big game came up, we've struggled more often than not.

Now, however? We blew Notts County and Exeter away, and this season we've come up against the likes of Portsmouth and Sunderland at key, season changing positions, and come out on top.

Now it seems we're relishing the big games, rather than hoiping it'll all turn out alright. Let's hope that contunues!

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Oxford in Checkatrade too even with an already (almost) relegated team.

Deleted member 5849 said:

Safe to say one thing that seems to have changed with Robins in charge, is our ability to rise to the occasion. !

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Mark Robins. Sponsored by Viagra.

I think that a sports psychologist visits the team occasionally.

Interesting concept, this.

When people talk about club mentality or psychology, or "typical city" for example, I always think how is this possible given you have completely different playing and often coaching staff every 2 or 3 years? The only constant is usually the fans. Does it come through the fans?

robbiekeane said:

Interesting concept, this.

When people talk about club mentality or psychology, or "typical city" for example, I always think how is this possible given you have completely different playing and often coaching staff every 2 or 3 years? The only constant is usually the fans. Does it come through the fans?

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You've forgotten about Oggy...

robbiekeane said:

Interesting concept, this.

When people talk about club mentality or psychology, or "typical city" for example, I always think how is this possible given you have completely different playing and often coaching staff every 2 or 3 years? The only constant is usually the fans. Does it come through the fans?

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In a roundabout way the fans can help, not just the games it's things like the supporters clubs etc.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:

Mark Robins. Sponsored by Viagra.

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Life Hack:

Crush up Viagra, rub into eyes.

Makes you look hard

AStonesThrow said:

Life Hack:

Crush up Viagra, rub into eyes.

Makes you look hard

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N.B. Don’t swallow viagra whole. If it gets stuck in your throat gives you a terribly stiff neck

robbiekeane said:

Interesting concept, this.

When people talk about club mentality or psychology, or "typical city" for example, I always think how is this possible given you have completely different playing and often coaching staff every 2 or 3 years? The only constant is usually the fans. Does it come through the fans?

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Partly yes. I think going down to league two actually helped us in some way with regards to this. It was very minimal people left standing and the attitude seemed to be we will stick by the club, as we've improved and fans have returned that attitude has remained. You still get the odd idiot thinking everybody is shit but they are a very small minority now. It wasn't that long ago a misplaced pass was met with a huge groan now you get encouragement and the players try and up their game. See Sunderland for how negative support gets to the players.

Liquid Gold said:

Partly yes. I think going down to league two actually helped us in some way with regards to this. It was very minimal people left standing and the attitude seemed to be we will stick by the club, as we've improved and fans have returned that attitude has remained. You still get the odd idiot thinking everybody is shit but they are a very small minority now. It wasn't that long ago a misplaced pass was met with a huge groan now you get encouragement and the players try and up their game. See Sunderland for how negative support gets to the players.

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Great moment when dabo came over to take a throw in and received rapturous applause and with ten to go the sky blue army chant went round the stand. It’s great and mostly down to the players getting themselves out into the community and showing they care

skyblueindorset said:

I think that a sports psychologist visits the team occasionally.

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superskyblue said:

You've forgotten about Oggy...

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Yes they’ve certainly improved since he left

robbiekeane said:

Interesting concept, this.

When people talk about club mentality or psychology, or "typical city" for example, I always think how is this possible given you have completely different playing and often coaching staff every 2 or 3 years? The only constant is usually the fans. Does it come through the fans?

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I've often thought this, in big occasions at home we obviously draw a bigger crowd, and these fans turning up seem to be more expectant and seem to get on the team's back more readily. You could feel it happening against rotherham a couple of weeks ago

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Nick said:

In a roundabout way the fans can help, not just the games it's things like the supporters clubs etc.

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Supporters clubs?? Rubbish, what good does that do?

It does come through the fans. You only have to look on here for examples. One misplaced pass, one missed chance and they’re all garbage, useless, rubbish, everyone apparently knows exactly where all our problems are and how to solve them- getting that week after week would be enough to turn anyone into a nervous wreck, with confidence shot to pieces, expecting to fuck up. We were one big self fulfilling prophecy of a club.

We now play in front of only a few thousand fans, and the armchair ‘footballing expert’ twats are more confined to places like this, furiously masturbating over who can find the most subtle of problems to explode into major issues & singling people out for criticism to try and prove how much they know, and so come matchdays we don’t get anywhere near as much idiotic negativity coming from the stands.

And... it’s definitely true, we have a seemingly newfound lack of nerves or tension. You’d never believe they were as young as they are. Nerves of steel.

Are these facts unrelated?

No chance.

It’s the best thing about having much lower crowds, there are fewer idiots getting on their backs right from the first minute. A chance to reboot the whole ethos of the place, and if it means a new set of fans coming through who don’t obsess over picking holes in everything to replace the NOPM fools, then we have a much better & brighter future ahead of us.