Mallorcan Red Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Can we just stop with the irrelevant commercial circus surrounding each matchday? For example - Messing around with the kit; - Back slapping on being progressive with the choice of ball/flags/armbands; - The endless commemorations/x th minute silences/clapping. and just all FOCUS on getting the Bristol City starting and ending 11 players to score more goals than the opposition each matchday? Too much to ask? /rant 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjmcity Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 (edited) the first gripe you have listed certainly is commercial and as such yes we could manage through without it. the second two listed are about humanity, compassion human rights and equality so quite happy for them to have a place in football none of the above points made city play badly however Edited February 18 by Fjmcity 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Was definitely the kit that made the players unable to pass the ball yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 41 minutes ago, Fjmcity said: the first gripe you have listed certainly is commercial and as such yes we could manage through without it. the second two listed are about humanity, compassion human rights and equality so quite happy for them to have a place in football none of the above points made city play badly however None of the points will improve goal focus. The focus of winning a football match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 58 minutes ago, Mallorcan Red said: Can we just stop with the irrelevant commercial circus surrounding each matchday? For example - Messing around with the kit; - Back slapping on being progressive with the choice of ball/flags/armbands; - The endless commemorations/x th minute silences/clapping. and just all FOCUS on getting the Bristol City starting and ending 11 players to score more goals than the opposition each matchday? Too much to ask? /rant Not a rant imo. Just a sensible observation 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 48 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Was definitely the kit that made the players unable to pass the ball yesterday. They make a good point to be fair. Seems every other home game we are remembering something. We should just focus on the game ahead of us.. It surely can be a minor distraction? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back of the Dolman Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 minute ago, 2015 said: They make a good point to be fair. Seems every other home game we are remembering something. We should just focus on the game ahead of us.. It surely can be a minor distraction? Heard from a reliable source that the players were really unhappy about there being no apple rolling race at half time yesterday! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, Back of the Dolman said: Heard from a reliable source that the players were really unhappy about there being no apple rolling race at half time yesterday! I understand it was cancelled due to too little time on the grass last week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, 2015 said: They make a good point to be fair. Seems every other home game we are remembering something. We should just focus on the game ahead of us.. It surely can be a minor distraction? If you interested in this type of thing, to improve goal focus in sport we remove unnecessary thoughts from our brain (pre frontal cortex governs attention, focus etc) to improve function. The PFC is minuscule, and can be thought of as a like a bucket in its mechanics, and putting things into the the bucket leads to overflow, and being distracted from that primary focus - Performance on a football pitch. So, yes we can surely create minor distractions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 4 hours ago, 2015 said: They make a good point to be fair. Seems every other home game we are remembering something. We should just focus on the game ahead of us.. It surely can be a minor distraction? If we could remember to pass the ball effectively and shoot occasionally then that has to be worth a shot. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallorcan Red Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Cowshed said: The PFC is minuscule, and can be thought of as a like a bucket in its mechanics, and putting things into the the bucket leads to overflow, and being distracted from that primary focus - Performance on a football pitch. Considering how many players you see with superstitions as they walk onto a pitch or trying to keep their pre-match preparations as constant and familiar as they can, surely these weekly deviations get in the way of 100% focus needed for peak performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 6 hours ago, Mallorcan Red said: Can we just stop with the irrelevant commercial circus surrounding each matchday? For example - Messing around with the kit; - Back slapping on being progressive with the choice of ball/flags/armbands; - The endless commemorations/x th minute silences/clapping. and just all FOCUS on getting the Bristol City starting and ending 11 players to score more goals than the opposition each matchday? Too much to ask? /rant Different people working on different things so stopping the former won’t impact the latter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham76 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I cant stand the endless side show week in week out. It won’t be long before we are commemorating a friendly match we played pre-season ten years ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broodje Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I think, though I'm not 100% sure, that these things might be handled by different parts of the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 (edited) 20 hours ago, Mallorcan Red said: Considering how many players you see with superstitions as they walk onto a pitch or trying to keep their pre-match preparations as constant and familiar as they can, surely these weekly deviations get in the way of 100% focus needed for peak performance? Yes there are obvious negatives. Benefits ? None. Players tend to have routines v superstitions. Very familiar routines to govern nerves and focus. Routines that look like ritual and superstitions but have a psychological value. Edited February 19 by Cowshed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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