Team Talks

Do you guys follow a set of 'rules' for pre match and half-time team talks?

Or do you jst go with the flow, and let your team talks be based on circumstances, like morale etc?

I just go with the flow.

I go with whatever i feels best at the time, i like to vary them quite a lot.

I also go with the flow BUT I never tell my team that I'm dissapointed with them. If I do I usually lose by 3 goals.

Personally i always go with 'for the fans' pre-match and if winning by 1 or 2 goals away from home, go with 'pleased' and at home 'don't let your performance drop'.

If drawing i normally 'encourage' or say 'you can win this'

If losing in a game i should be winning i normally 'question the passion' or say 'you can do better'

I also use a few of individual player team talks as well.

If I am losing by one or 2 goals then I will use angry or something like "you can win this".

Sometimes works like once every 5 games.

:-)

i hope with fm09 the team talks are interesting and not similar

I tend to always go with 'You can win this one today' pre match with 'I expect you to win' if I know I am clear favourites or my team has been playing poorly for a couple of games beforehand.

At half time and I am winning comfortably and always use 'I don't expect your performance to drop'. If it is close or I am drawing I use 'you can win this' or 'do not get complacent'.

If I am losing i always tend to go for 'I expect better after half time'.

Most of the time they work for me.

I just say "you can win this", it's the only thing that gets me a win

i just make my assistant do it

i advise you to search for ''Wolfsongs Guide in Team Talks''. It's really good and working.

I read Wolfsongs, and internalized some of the lessons from it .. but I don't refer to it when looking at specific situations; I "go by my gut".

That didn't work until I'd used Wolfsongs to calibrate my gut, though!

My assistant always goes with 'for the fans'. He must think my players actually give a damn about them.

I always start the game with "for the fans", if i'm winning 1-0 at half time I use "encourage", if 2-0 or above I use "pleased" (delighted if away from home). If i'm losing at half time 1-0 I use "encourage", 2-0 disappointed and anything worse I use "angry". I never take any notice of morale just the match performance.

I read Wolfsongs, and internalized some of the lessons from it .. but I don't refer to it when looking at specific situations; I "go by my gut".

That didn't work until I'd used Wolfsongs to calibrate my gut, though!

^WHS (although he said it much better!)

It's worth the read to point you in the right direction.