UNmotivating pre-match talk

[Dan Sarf]

"Don't concede early," is the message from Martin Canning to his Hamilton players ahead of facing Celtic in tonight's Premiership clash at Celtic Park. "If you concede early they will scent blood," says the Accies boss.
Anyone got any more examples of how to get your players shaking in their boots?

[HibsNutter]

Mark McGhee's commented in post match interviews more than once recently about how you take a beating some weeks and will hand out skelpings in other weeks. He says "that's just this league is". Find it weird that he accepts these heavy defeats, even more worrying is a guy with this mentality being involved in the national team.

[MWHIBBIES]

Sometimes conceding early takes away the fear of conceding early.

[BH Hibs]

I'm sure when McGhee was at Aberdeen he said something about rather being the Celtic manager just before they played each other. Was worse than Calderwood and his bag of sweeties.

[Salt N Sauzee]

"Don't concede early," is the message from Martin Canning to his Hamilton players ahead of facing Celtic in tonight's Premiership clash at Celtic Park. "If you concede early they will scent blood," says the Accies boss.
Anyone got any more examples of how to get your players shaking in their boots?

Terry Butcher getting Jason Cummings to do a team talk....

[Waxy]

Dont think of an elephant.

[snooky]

"We're going to play the whole game without any forwards" - who said that again? :hmmm:



:jamboclow

[jodjam]

Terry Butcher getting Jason Cummings to do a team talk....

Or Butcher asking Alex Harris to tell the team about his favourite book as the team talk

[JimBHibees]

Or Butcher asking Alex Harris to tell the team about his favourite book as the team talk

Really?

[jacomo]

Or Butcher asking Alex Harris to tell the team about his favourite book as the team talk

Maradona's biography. Great read.

[Unseen work]

Terry Butcher getting Jason Cummings to do a team talk....

????

[hibbymac]

????

If santa is bringing you "a certain" DVD for Christmas, then things should be more clearer :aok:

[Cat Stanton]

"Don't concede early," is the message from Martin Canning to his Hamilton players ahead of facing Celtic in tonight's Premiership clash at Celtic Park. "If you concede early they will scent blood," says the Accies boss.
Anyone got any more examples of how to get your players shaking in their boots?

"You don't lose a goal, you don't lose the game". Alex Miller's regular, inspiring, pre-game battle cry (according to Mickey Weir several years later).

Woo-hoo!

[majorhibs]

"We're going to play the whole game without any forwards" - who said that again? :hmmm:



:jamboclow

Somebody who should not still be in football because of it.

[Pretty Boy]

'Keep it tight early doors' is hardly an unusual part of a team talk in football is it?

[majorhibs]

'Keep it tight early doors' is hardly an unusual part of a team talk in football is it?

Correct. Used by tealadies everywhere. "Here's what to do if conceding early" etc is more interesting. While monitoring & adjusting as req'd. But you know that anyway.

[jodjam]

Really?

Aye, I was told by someone who was in the dressing room

[Keith_M]

"So, Joey, before the game starts we'll be meeting an orange flute band on the pitch..."




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[matty_f]

"Sometimes it's better to concede an early goal, because it takes away the fear of conceding an early goal."