Real examples of managers turning it round

[PaulSaint]

Pardew may be reading this so lets help him with "genuine" examples from the past for boosting confidence, heres one:

 

August 1992

 

Dave Bassett staged what is probably his biggest stunt. The team obviously couldn't win before Christmas, so he bought it forward. Bassett threw a Christmas party for his players. The trick seemed to work; United did respectably in the League and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup

[Pilchards]

The stunt I think Pardew should do is get a Sunday morning pub team down St Marys so the players can run rings round them and win the game, this will give the team some confidence back.

 

Would settle for a 1-0 win if that happened ;-)

[PaulSaint]

The stunt I think Pardew should do is get a Sunday morning pub team down St Marys so the players can run rings round them and win the game, this will give the team some confidence back.

 

Would settle for a 1-0 win if that happened ;-)

 

Pompey have a free weekend & are only 20 miles away?

[Pilchards]

Pompey have a free weekend & are only 20 miles away?

 

haha that's cool!

Be honest with you I reckon they would put 5 past us.

[shurlock]

Dowie's feats at palarse have to be up there

 

It was then that Dowie had his extraordinary start as Palace manager. Crystal Palace were struggling near the foot of Division One, when chairman Simon Jordan brought Dowie in to replace Steve Kember. Taking over in December 2003, Dowie's task was to keep Palace up. But he did a lot better than that. Barely 5 months after his appointment, Dowie's Crystal Palace beat West Ham 1-0 in the play-off final and secured promotion to the Premiership.

 

Iain Dowie is famous for motivating his players. Pinned around the walls of Palace's training ground in big letters was: "How much do I want it?"

[Window Cleaner]

haha that's cool!

Be honest with you I reckon they would put 5 past us.

 

 

At half-time.Piquionne would get 10 all by himself.Perry would be non-existent to a player such as he.When Fred was at St E he was running 10O metres in something like 10.30, in trainers not spikes or anything.The bloke is FAST.

Look at the local athletics results 10.30 would probably get you into the B relay squad for GB aths, in trainers no less.

[lordswoodsaints]

The stunt I think Pardew should do is get a Sunday morning pub team down St Marys so the players can run rings round them and win the game, this will give the team some confidence back.

 

Would settle for a 1-0 win if that happened ;-)

 

I can't see them beating a pub team tbh,I'm 42 and I know for sure that I've got a lot more fight In me than that lot.

The ponces need to spend a little time as a working class hero to put the fear and fight into them,a few weeks amongst the unwashed should see them right.

[oxfordshire_saint]

Maybe there's a curse at St Mary's.

 

I remember Barry Fry had that problem at Birmingham and to lift it he p!ssed in all four corners of the pitch!

[PaulSaint]

Martin Allen, the man nicknamed "Mad Dog" is known for bursts of eccentric behaviour.

 

He has dived into a freezing cold river as a way of motivating his players and often brings his dog with him to training.

 

We have a river next door, anyone know if Pardew has a dog?

[PaulSaint]

And who could forget this little beauty .........

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/leagueone/charltonathletic/3017536/Saints-lift-curse-of-St-Marys.html

 

Brings back tears just reading some of those names? To top it off it was against Charlton!