- Jul 1, 2005
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Largely agree - there can be a fine line between rocking up confident, determined and professional with a job to do on the one hand and complacency on the other.I understand where you are coming from but there is also something to be said about being confident rather than fearing a disaster. The whole “spursy” thing can become a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s always this kind of expectation that things will go wrong and I think that feeling gets transmitted to the players.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with rocking up to Norwich with a swagger and fully expecting to beat them. That’s not being complacent it’s having a belief that we are winners. If we want to be involved in title chases and cup finals that’s exactly the kind of belief we will need.
Its the difference between Liverpool and Abu Dhabi expecting to win every game, but working their bollox off for 95 mins to do so, and thinking all you have to do is show up to get 3 points because the opposition is “inferior”.