Hypnosis, Al Pacino and lies - how I tried to motivate my players
Tony Pulis explains some of the unorthodox ways he tried to motivate players during his 30 years as a manager, including how some of them did not work.
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Hypnosis, Al Pacino and lies - how I tried to motivate my playersPublished6 hours agoMikel Arteta is well known for his innovative ideas of man-management with his Arsenal squad, but managers trying something off the wall to motivate their players is nothing new.Over the many years I spent in management, I always tried to influence situations in and out of the dressing room for the benefit of the team's performance and I was not afraid to surprise my team with the way I did it.As I've mentioned in previous columns, inviting people in to talk to the team before certain games was always a positive angle I tried.It was something I believed could be used right through the season, as long as it was the right character who was talking, and I didn't use the same person on too regular a…
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