Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
I would set the Auba thing aside because that is less motivational stuff and more trying to address personalities in the locker room stuff. That is man management, and I get the sense that Arteta genuinely cares about his players' emotional states.
As for the hand rubbing circle, "it worked" is probably too much to say there (though I am only through ep 2 with the drawings, the speech before the first derby day, etc ). There could be any number of reasons that Arsenal won a tough game at the King Power that had nothing to do with his attempts at psychological fortification before the match.
We also see when it doesn't work, like the YNWA stuff in the preview.
Is it possible that this stuff works for some players? Sure. I am just saying that I am skeptical. If a grown man drew a cartoon heart and brain holding hands to remind me to play passionately, but also within the plan, I would be insulted.
Motivation is part of man management.
I don't think you can put the Auba thing to aside. 2 bad results and then the club captain and a well liked member of the team is banished. Its not a team of senior pros who can just move on it was the youngest team in the PL. The fact that Arsenal were scoring goals in the run after removing Auba from the squad tells me that there was no motivational issues with the squad. They could of easily struggled to score after that situation happened. If thst happened what would you of called that a lack of motivating the players?
Now the heart and brain drawing. They won the game after that and beat Spurs. Looked like it worked to me.
Youve worked with or know people who dont get verbal messages straight away right? Because everyone knows at least someone like this whether it's a colleague family member friend etc.. Some people need to see messages visually to get the point everyone processes information differently. Just because YOU don't need it someone else just might need that reconfirmation.
Now this is a key point youre missing it's a multi lingual changing room. English isn't everyone's first language or understands it fully. And because they are playing Spurs he needs to make sure everyone gets the message clearly. How are you going to do that?
Not every idea is going to work but considering Arsenal have been smashed at Anfield regularly over the past 5-6 years and usually the game has been done after 20-30mins. Why not try something out of the box. Iirc Arsenal did alright in the first half only conceded 1. So the idea seem to have some benefit and work to a degree but in the end they got overpowered by Liverpool and the Anfield crowd.
