Mate that is spot on. The mindset that teams go into games with is half the battle, obviously having decent players to back that mindset up is rather crucial too. It's a vicious circle as the more they win, the more everyone bums them, the more teams believe they're going to get battered so the more they end up getting battered.
The other year when we finished second to them demonstrates this pretty well. When teams went to United they shat themselves and lost but when they came to us they'd seen similar teams walk away with a point and so believed that they could do the same, and did.
There was a thread on here comparing and ranking the top teams quality in different areas of the pitch and given the choice, I wouldn't swap our set of players for there's- just how we're viewed by people outside of the club.
2-1 Suarez and Bellamy.
spot on mate...been banging the ol psychological drum for ages ...because that is the last 5% that makes the difference between 1st and 2nd
shanks was the master of mind games...the bobby charlton story at anfield and the badge on the way out of the tunnel are just two examples of it.
the way he made his players think they were gods,the way he made us fans think we were speacial...he made us speacial by the mere suggestion of it...
beckenbauer suggested that england looked tired before a crucial world cup game against england....we played badly and looked tired....(it turns out that on post match analysis,the germans had played far more games than our lads and thus,should have shown more fatigue.he cleverley 'suggested' that their lads were younger....classic case of when in a game of 'younger /fitter v older/more experienced...he won out because of who he was ,our lads absorbed the suggestion because it was beckenbauer saying it...amzing how it works really....but it does)
If a man you look upto and has a record to back it up suggests something....you just take it on board without any critical analysis of it maybe being wrong,why....because you assume he knows more than you...because hes a legend he knows his stuff....when in actual fact,he sneakily wanted a particular outcome....it is the essence of hypnosis....its sticks in your subconscious and you dont even know its there....it only works if youre not aware of it...once you suss him out....his strategy is limp.
kenny is onto Mr Alex Ferguson and his so called mind games.....its turned full circle....i am convinced his own players will have more of an apreciation of kenny than Mr Alex Ferguson because hes younger,in the now and has a much bigger charisma.
Mr Alex Ferguson has a record,but hes a c*nt...no one likes him,whearas kenny has both charisma and nouse,plus hes a top player of his generation....stick them at opposite ends of a bar and i will bet yer the manc players would much prefer to stand and drink with kenny ....every time....kenny is a winner
whenever that threat has arrived upto now,Mr Alex Ferguson has bottled it and goes into BULLY mode....he got away with it with rafa because rafa always had a communication problem because it wasnt his first language.
if it would have happened in spain,rafa would have wiped the floor with him and sent him packing with a tail between his legs.
in the back of my mind,one day i hope rafas english is pure....fluent.
he would take Mr Alex Ferguson and the press on no problem then....problem is,whiskey nose wouldnt be around !
draw?....behave
