Zlavik Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Could Adkins have asked the players to underperform in order for Chelsea to underestimate us for this game? I mean the cup was never that important and we could get a mental advantage from losing on purpose..
Big_Bald_Si Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 No, Chelsea were absolutely class that game, should have been more than 5 to be fair.
Lazlo78 Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Could Adkins have asked the players to underperform in order for Chelsea to underestimate us for this game? I mean the cup was never that important and we could get a mental advantage from losing on purpose.. Nope. But maybe we learned something from that defeat that helped us tonight - who knows?
Olallana Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Chelsea is imploding.... 2-2, 10 minutes left. Lampard is being subbed, and he WALKS off the pitch slowly...... But thanks to them
sotonjoe Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Could Adkins have asked the players to underperform in order for Chelsea to underestimate us for this game? I mean the cup was never that important and we could get a mental advantage from losing on purpose.. Expert trolling. Nice one.
Whitey Grandad Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Only in the sense of not putting out our strongest team.
brmbrm Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 Long, cold, lonely winter in Umeå, is it? People have been known to go crazy in the long, cold, lonely winter in Umeå. Crazy as in the Shining crazy. Or worse. Crazy as in the "play to lose" crazy.
SaintBobby Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 Could Adkins have asked the players to underperform in order for Chelsea to underestimate us for this game? I mean the cup was never that important and we could get a mental advantage from losing on purpose.. Definitely. There's no other plausible explanation.
kpturner Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 I am absolutely sure this is true. There is not other explanation for the cup defeat. I also have a 13 inch pen i s by the way.
skintsaint Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 laughable to suggest this...as well as the OP.
Miltonroader07 Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 Should this thread be in the Muppet Show
Zlavik Posted 17 January, 2013 Author Posted 17 January, 2013 Long, cold, lonely winter in Umeå, is it? People have been known to go crazy in the long, cold, lonely winter in Umeå. Crazy as in the Shining crazy. Or worse. Crazy as in the "play to lose" crazy. No need to go to personal attacks mate. It's a hypothetical question. And yes, it sure is a long cold winter - something only men can handle. Adios!
cellone Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 Why because you didn't start it and it has no Adkins out content.
Spudders Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 Should this thread be in the Muppet Show Oi don't be grumpy, just because someone else has started a thread on a subject that was on your thread to-do list!
Zlavik Posted 17 January, 2013 Author Posted 17 January, 2013 I really don't see why this can't be plausible. I would have done it. Not that we would ever find out if it actually has happened but meh.
Spudders Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 I find it difficult to believe that any manager would specifically ask his team to underperform (unless for match fixing reasons), although I do believe a manager could put less importance on winning a game. As per the fans opinions, I’m sure if Nigel had answered honestly which of the two games he’d rather get something from, he’d have gone for the league game and I’m sure he used the cup game to try a few things out and gets some ideas for how to approach/not approach the league game. But I can’t see that he’d have specifically asked players to underperform, no way José!!!!!
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