Well, I believe he Is using indirect and manipulative techniques with his comments to try and make our players feel more pressured or to become over confident, thus creating decline in performance, mistakes or for us to capitulate.
I actually think what he said was patronising. He knows, on paper, he has the better squad, 4 points ahead and are favourites, but he is deflecting the attention away from his players and onto us so his players would feel less pressured. He knows he speaks sh*t to some extent but he also knows It can work to his advantage.
I hope our players don't read into his mind games and focus on our main objective instead of worrying about challenging or winning the premier league. Top 4 is still a bit iffy and we could still drop out of it.
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