HomeI enjoy football, understand the rules, have a basic grasp of tactics but there are couple of things that have always puzzled me.
The pre match 'love in'.
Why do some teams think it necessary to have a group cuddle before the game starts? I don't think I have ever seen a Stour side do it.
What do they say to each other that cannot have already been said in the changing room?
Do they select a captain or penalty taker doing eeny, meeny, miny , mo ? Or is it to show their fans they have a good team spirit or are they trying to intimidate the opposition. Whatever the reason it just looks silly to me.
Staying sat on the pitch after the game has ended.
Why? Surely the most important thing is to cool down , in or out of the changing room. Sat on a cold , probably wet pitch at 9.30 in the evening cannot be good for you.
I assume it’s the manager’s decision, does he want to slag them off in front of their own fans if they have lost badly (or in the case of phil brown had a bad first half)?
ST Neotts did it tuesday, but most people agreed they had played well, so why keep them out. I would have thought the privacy of the dressing room a far better place for whatever has to be said. Is it just the manager proving that he is in charge? or perhaps he has a bad memory and thinks he night forget his points if he does not speak immediately. Locked in a changing room to have a lambasting after a bad performance I understand, hanging about on the pitch getting cold I don't.
I know either is not important, it’s just me having nothing else to moan about!
The pre match 'love in'.
Why do some teams think it necessary to have a group cuddle before the game starts? I don't think I have ever seen a Stour side do it.
What do they say to each other that cannot have already been said in the changing room?
Do they select a captain or penalty taker doing eeny, meeny, miny , mo ? Or is it to show their fans they have a good team spirit or are they trying to intimidate the opposition. Whatever the reason it just looks silly to me.
Staying sat on the pitch after the game has ended.
Why? Surely the most important thing is to cool down , in or out of the changing room. Sat on a cold , probably wet pitch at 9.30 in the evening cannot be good for you.
I assume it’s the manager’s decision, does he want to slag them off in front of their own fans if they have lost badly (or in the case of phil brown had a bad first half)?
ST Neotts did it tuesday, but most people agreed they had played well, so why keep them out. I would have thought the privacy of the dressing room a far better place for whatever has to be said. Is it just the manager proving that he is in charge? or perhaps he has a bad memory and thinks he night forget his points if he does not speak immediately. Locked in a changing room to have a lambasting after a bad performance I understand, hanging about on the pitch getting cold I don't.
I know either is not important, it’s just me having nothing else to moan about!
