Surely the best in Europe?
Pity his pre-match pep talks are a tier or two below!
Such a strange season…
Pity his pre-match pep talks are a tier or two below!
Such a strange season…
Ole’s half-time team talks
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“Lads - its Roma”
Oles at the wheel!
Trust the process!!
Trust the process!!
They're fan-tas-tik
Must be a deliberate tactic at this point, save all your energy for the 2nd half
Bit of a trait with Fergie teams as well. Come on slow, both in matches and in season form.
Must have played a lot of Football Manager.
Somebody made the point that he might tell them to play low tempo in the first half so that we can carve teams open like a hot piece of pitta bread in the second.
It makes some sense.
It makes some sense.
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There is no way this is on purpose but it did crack me up because... those stats are so bloody weird indeed!!!Tbf we started this game well, just got flummoxed by a bad penalty decision and then a counter attack against the run of play.
Rest of the 1st half was a write off that was quickly corrected at half time.
Rest of the 1st half was a write off that was quickly corrected at half time.
"Be with you in a minute Pogue, just copying posts about an objectively shite 1st half performance to make a thread about the final result."
Why would Ole say that, that’s a rubbish post.
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Actually he did - remember an interview with him in his first season. He and Jordi Cruyff who got to best friends played a lot together
Simply the best mid-battle orator since King Henry the fifth.
This and the second half against Spurs were as complete of a performance as it can get.
The guy can get a reaction from the players there's no doubt about it.
The guy can get a reaction from the players there's no doubt about it.
'Show some passion out there' (Assertive).
It's like watching Gladiator or Braveheart with Uruguayan and Portuguese actors.
He’s probably quite scary at HT. Must go method
To be fair Ole had no idea who they were until he saw them in the first half.
Exactly."You don't even look like a team that wants to win."
Guaranteed win at 2-1 down.
Really good. He's learned from the best on this, first hand!
Well, he had to watch Roma play for 45 mins before he could come up with a tactic against them. Well played Ole.
"The fewer men, the greater share of honour" - Henry the fifth.
The lad actually encouraged his players to be sent off.
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Less eloquent but equally effective:
Legendary college basketball coach, Bob Knight.
That's the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title
Rumor is he silently walks in pulls out a picture puts it down and leaves
the picture
the picture
Some advice for Ole: give your half time talk at the beginning of the match.
@JustinC00 Waking up to your post really cracked me up, I'll like to think Ole drops a hairdryer every now and then, just so the boys know they are better than that first have performance.
I remember when Ole was playing for us and a lot of the talk about why he was so effective as a substitute was because he was very skilled at reading the game and understanding where and how he was going to find opportunities. He certainly seems to have carried that ability over into management.
I doubt that our half time talks are particularly emotional. I suspect he's the type of guy who'll speak to a few players individually and pass on his observations. We've got this idiot Robbie Savage saying right when the second half kicked off "we'll definitely see Greenwood within 3 or 4 minutes" but he obviously doesn't get Ole at all. He never seems to panic. Doesn't make impulse subs. Rarely storms to the touchline to yell at someone. He looks every inch like a man that knows his players extremely well and trusts them to find a solution, which more often than not they do.
I doubt that our half time talks are particularly emotional. I suspect he's the type of guy who'll speak to a few players individually and pass on his observations. We've got this idiot Robbie Savage saying right when the second half kicked off "we'll definitely see Greenwood within 3 or 4 minutes" but he obviously doesn't get Ole at all. He never seems to panic. Doesn't make impulse subs. Rarely storms to the touchline to yell at someone. He looks every inch like a man that knows his players extremely well and trusts them to find a solution, which more often than not they do.
Any excuse to post this...
Brillianti have a friend who is a middling norwegian footballer who had a stint at molde a few years back. apparently ole would sit silently watching the first half and pick the worst performing player. at half time, the players would return to the dressing room to find “judas” written in some kind of weird norwegian fermented thing, such as lutefisk, smalahove, around the worst players peg.
ole would then begin a low, throaty viking song, whipping up the remaining players into a frenzied halling. the players would then perform their difficult leaps, kicks and spins to intimidate the worst performing player. they would usually come out a different team in the second half, the worst performing player invigorated, the rest of the team bonded by their norwegian folk dance.
unfortunately it is too successful. the players enjoy it so much they deliberately sandbag the first half and often go behind on matches so they can earn the half time display.
ole would then begin a low, throaty viking song, whipping up the remaining players into a frenzied halling. the players would then perform their difficult leaps, kicks and spins to intimidate the worst performing player. they would usually come out a different team in the second half, the worst performing player invigorated, the rest of the team bonded by their norwegian folk dance.
unfortunately it is too successful. the players enjoy it so much they deliberately sandbag the first half and often go behind on matches so they can earn the half time display.
Milan away too was outstanding
Just sat there spamming demand more all second half as well.
"You don't even look like a team that wants to win."
Guaranteed win at 2-1 down.