Why hasn’t Manning been sacked?

[Shauntaylor85]

Brian T is quiet this week. Maybe stay that way no? Focus on job in hand win, lose or draw and stay off the socials in senior roles. 

[TDarwall]

1 hour ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

City fan?

Could swear I saw him in the East End back in the 90s.

Now I think of it, you might have  point.

[Cowshed]

On 27/02/2024 at 11:46, MelksRed said:

Thanks (genuinely) for your response.

How is it that that the same group of players can play out of their skins against Southampton / West Ham but not against teams at the bottom of the league? Is it arrogance, an unwillingness to dig deep and grind something out or some thing else?

Could it be frustration that aspects of their life are controlled generating a negative mindset?

I don't think they intend to lose or underperform - merely looking to stoke the fires of conversation. 

Is it resilience? Is it just inconsistencies- if so how could we iron these out?

There are lots of reasons. Footballers will not maintain peak mental and physical performance every game, every week, every month. Performance over a season ebbs and flows. You and I in our employment would not withstand the intensity of ninety minutes of football for eight hours. Physically our bodies and minds do not have the capacity to.

The best player from around your SN12 parts, a player I was acquainted with showing my age was Fitzroy Simpson. Fitzroy at a young age was remarkable. He was small in stature, but remarkable versus peers in technical ability, and exceptional in his drive and focus (mind set). That mindset of being driven, wanting to be the best drove relentlessly Fitzroy through youth football, and when Fitzroy became a pro that mentality monster mindset was no longer remarkable and exceptional, it was normal. 

Pros generally are all very very driven individuals, they possess mind sets the rest of us do not have, they dug deeper to get where they there. Footballers are resilient, they made sacrifices to get there the rest of us didn't.

Throughout football there are levels obviously, and at each level the demands and expectations rise. The higher the level the higher players stay closer to their peak performance. At the top levels the players are not just mentality monsters, their the outliers of driven mind set staying at and closer to their peak performance longer.

Even Fergusons, and Klopps etc players have days when their not at it, the best have less of them.  

Bristol City players are not top level. The players will experience more ebbs. All clubs are acutely aware of psychological drivers. Bristol City have employed Bill Beswick in the past, a renowned sports psychologist to support players. Individually BCFC will work individually and holistically on mindset with players. City will pore over aspects of the physical, technical, tactical and psychological aspects of the game attempting to send out players physically and mentally in the best shape they can be, and frequently City won't because across elements there players are carrying knocks (effects mindset), players are carry doubt about themselves and their tasks on the pitch, players are jaded, players struggle under pressure, and on go a whole spectrum of variables that effect players mentality, players that are human. 

I will finish with this Could it be frustration that aspects of their life are controlled generating a negative mindset? It an interesting question. Players have to sacrifice aspects of their life like autonomy. Football clubs take control of their lives. If individuals do not think these sacrifices are fair, and do not accept losing autonomy the consequences should be expected to be negative. The outcomes generally are reversed because footballers accept the sacrifices, and the quest to be the best they can. Taking away noise in a footballers life, normal life to the rest of us and putting nutrition, rest, recovery, aspects of life in the hands of the clubs professionals is designed to improve and maintain the individual physically, and also mentally so they remain more task (the football) focussed and far more likely to maintain positive growth/challenge states. 

 

Edited February 28 by Cowshed