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The following conversation between Gareth Millward (Millie) and Jordan Cooper is a transcript from Part 5 of the audio compliment for Communication and Psychological Warfare ’10. Both of them sit down to discuss the finer points of Squad Gelling and how it is essential if you are looking to gain long-term success at any level. Gareth explains the importance of […]

The concepts here are taken from Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10. Recently the an FM-Britain survey found that tactical consistency to be one of the biggest problems facing you. For many Football Manager players, being able to go through a season with consistent results is difficult, even if you are Manchester United or Luton Town. The days of finding one […]

The concepts here are taken from our Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10 eBook. A lot of Football Manager players have complained in recent years of the repetitiveness of press conferences. They argue that in most cases they can tell the answer they want to give without even reading the question, mindlessly clicking through. A number of them leave all this […]

These concepts are taken from Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10. Manuel Pellegrini has arguably the hardest job in football. He is not only expected by the fans to win every competition available in his first full season in charge. But he has to deal with the fact that the club has spent a quarter of a billion pound on some […]

The concepts here are taken from Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10. In Football it is often managerial rivalry that gets focused upon. We like to see fights, controversial comments and psychological warfare that happens during the press conferences to unnerve the opposition managers into a response. Sir Alex Ferguson has already shown us how this has benefited him against the Keegan and […]

A lot of people trot out the old Brian Clough mantra about tactics, and try to convince us that players are the only deciding factor in football. Let us suppose, for one brief moment, that they are correct. Why, then, do clubs make such a big deal about who the head coach is, especially in the era of the “director […]

Squad Management IV: Team Talks and Individual Talks A short reference guide Revision one - February 2008 Team talks are a key to influence your team’s performance and to give you a good start into the game. The half-time team talks have even more impact on the final score and often decide whether you are giving away a comfortable lead […]