@Vitez that is one off the most ridiculous things i'v ever heard on this forum !!
Footballer's arent in touch with there emotion's explain all the red card's in past derbies ? Emotion does come into it and their are certainly players that relish playing in big games like this and there are others that get intimidated it's human nature.
Look at past derbies ? Gerrard let passion get the better off him and got sent off in 07..
2001 Liverpool 3-2 Everton 12 yellow cards off passion 2 penalty's
And everey time i look back at the famous 4-4 in 1991 i laugh because that would have never happened in a normal game ask Kenny Dalglish 100% passion.
Think what you like mate, I'm not bothered. You can use the word "passion" as a means to justify what I'd call "indiscipline" and "lack of consistency".
You could hail players getting "more fired up than usual for a derby" a success. I'd look at it as a failure, simply put: I will assign fixed values on something intangent for clarification purposes:
Your players give 100% for 46 games per season - 14 cup matches to round off to an even number.
Your players give 110% for 4 games per season - let's say United/Everton both H and A.
If it's possible for your players to be giving 110%, why aren't you seeking to do this every week? Surely giving 105% every week would be superior to giving 100% most weeks and 110% for a few select weeks, no?
edit: Let me word this better. 100% is the maximum you can give on the field. If you have to wait until derby day to bring out that 100%, you are effectively playing at 95% the rest of the time.
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