Zlavik Posted 16 January, 2013 Share 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 16 January, 2013 Share Posted 16 January, 2013 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Bald_Si Posted 16 January, 2013 Share Posted 16 January, 2013 No, Chelsea were absolutely class that game, should have been more than 5 to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 16 January, 2013 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 16 January, 2013 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 16 January, 2013 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 16 January, 2013 Share Posted 16 January, 2013 Only in the sense of not putting out our strongest team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brmbrm Posted 17 January, 2013 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 17 January, 2013 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 17 January, 2013 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 17 January, 2013 Share Posted 17 January, 2013 laughable to suggest this...as well as the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonroader07 Posted 17 January, 2013 Share Posted 17 January, 2013 Should this thread be in the Muppet Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlavik Posted 17 January, 2013 Author Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 17 January, 2013 Share Posted 17 January, 2013 Why because you didn't start it and it has no Adkins out content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 17 January, 2013 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlavik Posted 17 January, 2013 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 17 January, 2013 Share 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!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 17 January, 2013 Share Posted 17 January, 2013 No, obviously not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydie Posted 17 January, 2013 Share Posted 17 January, 2013 Pretty ridiculous idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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