Ok, so Chelsea scored 5 goals today in a shutout of Blackburn, and Tottenham lost to Stoke City. Plus, Aston Villa drew with Wolverhampton. I don’t get it…
This is the kind of league that should be easy to peg. Honestly. How hard is it for Chelsea to pick a direction? If they beat Blackburn 5-0 how come they can’t beat Aston Villa or Liverpool (other teams that aren’t as good as them)? What if you look at Tottenham? They come out of nowhere to stand at 3rd on the Premier League table and they lost to a so-so Stoke City team? Aston Villa puts themselves in very good position (tied with Man City for 5th on the table) but they draw with a, ugh, bad Wolverhampton squad.
This proves two things: 1) The level of talent is pretty doggone equal in the Premier League. 2) Some of these “elite” teams are mentally inconsistent. Highly mentally inconsistent.
I propose a method mental gameplay that the better teams in the League should use in order to make sure they have the psychological advantage in heir matches against inferior teams. Write them letters…
If the better teams are inconsistent mentally imagine what the bad teams are like. So, every manager of a contending club should assign a “pen pal” of sorts for each player on his team. The art of writing letters is lost anyways, so it won’t hurt to revive it. The letters should read like this:
To the player on Team X,
Greetings and salutations! I wanted to take some time to write to you and remind you of something that your manager and teammates have tried to make you forget…we’re better than you. I don’t mean that we’re better than you as in, we have more talent. No, I mean, we’re going to destroy you when we play each other. The destruction may be to much for someone of your weak constitution to handle. You don’t want a piece of us…in fact, if you knew what was best for you you wouldn’t come near me with the ball and you CERTAINLY wouldn’t come near me when I have the ball. Am I understood? You don’t want me…you want your mommy!
Kindest Regards,
Player Y
This could be a great team building exercise. The teams could write their letters in a circle to make sure everyone’s on the same “we’ll destroy you” page. It’s just a thought, but this might help the teams who are playing better buck up and get their killer instinct tuned up.
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