It's a classic managerial trick. Surprised more haunt heard of it. I'd bet that the envelopes are blank. Just gets the players fired up to prove him wrong.
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Of course they're blank (apart from Downing's).......Brendan probably won't even remember he brought them up come the end of the season.
After a 10th place finish, he'll **** one of them at Downing, one of them at Suarez (who'll fall over as it hits him) and the last one at Adam (by first class mail to Stoke)."I will make the boys feel your support"
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While we've already derided "Being:Liverpool" as pretty much a propaganda piece, that doesn't mean I haven't been watching. After all, anything that might make me feel closer to the club I support, I'm going to take the opportunity. And I really have nothing else to do.
And while it wasn't gripping television exactly, I'd have to say the fourth episode was the one I enjoyed the most. We got more of a look behind the scenes, what actually goes into the management of the team instead of expository stuff about philosophy or something of that ilk. We saw the night-before meeting, the pregame and halftime talk, and some training work. That's probably more than we got in the first three episodes combined. So there was that. Also, I felt like I got a real good feel for what matchday feels like for the players -- the tension, the nervousness, the concentration and all that. I know what matchday is like for me, but it was cool to see the players before a match.
Other thoughts:
-First, does this David Kirkby character always talk in poem? And if he does am I really supposed to believe that no one's hit him in the face with a lawn-mower yet?
-Watching all the fans on their way to West Brom, and then the 10 fat guys sitting around a microphone after the match and listening to what they had to say, I think I feel secure in my level of support for LFC. It's not a psychosis at least.
-Liked the bit with Jamie Carragher and his son. Every time I see an interview with Carra he seems like a pretty genuine guy, which makes blasting his play on the field harder than it should be. I mean, he's still the guy who fought Arbeloa over nothing and refused to play right back for Rafa at Boro, but still. You can see his love for the club and the game just shining through. And my father wouldn't have stood in the pouring rain to watch me play anything. But I don't blame him. Standing still in the rain sucks. Maybe if you're English you're just used to it.
-Good god, did you see the size of that bus Liverpool takes? How does that fit on English roads? There's no way.
-Clive Owen still sounds really bored.
-I'll admit that all the fans and employees talking about Liverpool winning the league made me uncomfortable. Either they just can't see the forest for the trees, they're saying it to say it, or they have a lack of vision. If they were American, we'd call them meatballs. It's obvious to any supporter with a brain that there's a project here. I get why they were included, but I hope that's not how a majority of the support in Liverpool feels. Though that would explain some of the nuttier aspects of the pressure a Liverpool manager faces.
-I feel like the Spirit of Shankly got way too much credit for what they are, and again probably part of the propaganda aspect of this. Their "marches", as F365 put it, was from the Pub We We Were At To The Football Match We Were Going To Anyway. And it's not like they forced much change at the club, just kind of poisoned things, much like those green and yellow scarf waving hypocritical morons at Old Trafford.
-Seriously? Poems all the time?
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Overall this has made for enjoyable TV until now. Though I feel we have missed a chance to make a landmark first insider show on football.
Barcelona are making a documentary now. They have roped in Paul Greengrass and the team behind Senna.Comment
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fwiw worth, i would not call anyone a meatball.
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The cameras were around for a chunk of last season too weren't they? Like definitely before the cup final.Oh I don't know.Comment
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Yep, filmed the last game of the season v Chelsea too.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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That's interesting in that they have discarded all of that material and just concentrated on the 'new beginning'.
A definite sign of trying to portray the club in the best possible light. Quite a contrst from the usual 'warts n all' approach of British documentaries.Oh I don't know.Comment
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Even our best possible light is quite 'warty'.Modifying post.Comment
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Like a geordie lass then?Comment
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Well, considering that pretty much **** all positive has happened since they started fliming, they have done a bloody good job.Originally posted by Buzzo View Post
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the fact that its all come out undermines rodgers speech at that moment in time. he's trying to motivate players but it turns out to be a load of bollocks because the tricks been done before by fergie.Originally posted by G View Post
and the envelopes are empty.[B]Sir Isaac Newton knew the universal law of karma - any action has its equal and opposite reaction.[B]Comment
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Pepe Reina happy with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers' motivation techniques
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has backed manager Brendan Rodgers over the motivational techniques he has employed at Anfield.
The documentary 'Being: Liverpool' offers an insight into the Northern Irishman's unique methods as he tries to get the best out of his players.
In an eve of season team talk Rodgers uses a psychological ploy involving three envelopes in an attempt to motivate his players, saying in the envelopes are the names of three players who will let the side down this season.
Reina, who has endured a mixed start to the season, insists he doesn't fear being one of those names.
"It was a motivational speech designed to make sure we were focused and tuned in all year," Reina told Spanish radio station Onda Cero.
"I never feared being in the envelope. No one can ever put my name in an envelope because of a lack of attitude or commitment.
"It's the first time I have seen a manager do that and, personally, I liked it. It stands out.
"It was a speech designed to motivate."
Reina admits the squad are still getting to grips with Rodgers' style of play, but is confident they will soon start to find their best form.
"In terms of the way we have played, there have been moments that have been very good," added Reina.
"We are trying to impose a new style with a new manager and that takes time.
"There are mistakes at times because it's not easy, but I prefer to make mistakes trying to do what the manager wants and trying to do the right thing.
"We're optimistic that sooner or later we'll be fighting near the top again."Comment
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Did anyone notice Assaidi skinning Coates about 10 times? Think he even left him on his ass a few times.
If we are all only happy when we are really winning in the end, when your race finishes, what life would that be?Comment
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