- Mar 10, 2007
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That last paragraph has nailed it. Focusing on stopping our rivals rather than our own goals has a touch of the West Hams about it, it reminds me of what Carlton Cole said on tv before we played them when we were in our pomp under Poch, something along the lines of, "I don't care if we lose every other game this season, as long as we stop Spurs from winning". Absolute loser mentality.I hate myself for still needing to comment on this topic but I'm a fool so here goes
In my view all this is about is the manager is saying we need to prepare to win the war, not the battle
Real bragging rights are winning titles not preventing our rivals. If we focus on the latter we reduce the chances of the former and real tangible outcomes is what we all really want.