Well, at least he’s not letting the players fall into the same trap I did when I said that we ‘weren’t really fighting for anything’.
Because all it’s going to take it one more bad result, and we are certainly going to be thrown into the deep end of another relegation battle.
Speaking in his press conference ahead of today’s game with Swansea City, Blues boss Pep Clotet spoke about the mentality he’s trying to instil in the players ahead of not just an important game, but an important few weeks coming up for the future of the club.
“I don’t allow anyone to be complacent, and I would not allow anyone to step on the pitch like this, there are five games to play and we need to do our all for this Club. The players want to perform, they want to win.”
I think we’re pretty much in the ‘time is running out’ phase if we are to get things back on track in terms of our season.
Whilst you might expect the first few games after the restart to have been slightly different as players got back up to speed, and managers got used to the new rules regarding the drinks breaks and extra substitutions, the time has gone for us to use those things as an excuse for our sub-standard performances or crazy results.
Will we stay up?
Yes
No
The performance against Fulham on the weekend showed that we’re almost there when it comes to grinding out results, and if we could just get some help from the forward line, things would be so much easier for us.
And if ever there was a time for the team to kick themselves into gear, now is the time.
What about you? What do you make of Clotet’s comments?
