play players in natural positions

https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/fans-are-in-agreement-on-manchester-uniteds-main-culprit-after-two-mistakes-152519

But two defensive errors from forward Romelu Lukaku allowed City to take the lead and then retake the lead after Marcus Rashford had bailed Lukaku out

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/two-assists-for-manchester-city-lukaku-ridiculed-after-derby/k05hyi76tath1l8bmz22re629

The manager is responsible for team tactics, if  a team plays defensively, mistakes are made in own penalty area.

No coaching course can teach you soccer management psychology (only this site is trying)

David  Unsworth "No coaching course can teach you what I've learnt in the last five weeks," he added.

"It's been intense. I've learnt so many things about myself and the staff but it's been a great privilege and I'll never shirk my responsibilities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42142329

link to other sites for sports psychology

Psychology

https://www.brianmac.co.uk/psych.htm

Some articles on this above site may help.

https://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/tindexpsy.htm

Training Articles - Psychology above

The BASES Expert Statement on the Psychological Preparation for Football Penalty Shootouts

http://www.bases.org.uk/Psychological-Preparation-for-Football-Penalty-Shootouts

Good articles on soccer psychology tips site

http://www.soccerpsychologytips.com/2011/soccer-players-composure-mistakes/


How Over-Confidence Leads to Under-Performance

Controlling Frustration in Matches

http://www.soccerpsychologytips.com/2017/how-mental-training-can-improve-your-play-during-soccer-games/

What Happens When Teams Underestimate Their Opponents?

http://www.soccerpsychologytips.com/2017/what-happens-when-teams-underestimate-their-opponents/

The skill of self confidence | Dr. Ivan Joseph | TEDxRyersonU

The skill of self confidence | Dr. Ivan Joseph | TEDxRyersonU

Football management appointment is blind leading the blind.

How can a footballer with soccer skills, become competent at football management? .He does not have the skills of managing 18 football mindsets that are going to play football subconsciously , with their automatic mind.It is akin to giving the job of a surgeon to a butcher , the butcher will mess up like managers do.

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Jose Mourinho manager psychology

The secret of José Mourinho’s success is best explained by his deep understanding of football’s most unexploited resource: the human psychology.

The psychology of José Mourinho 

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https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/5mxysn/the_psychology_of_jos%C3%A9_mourinho/

The psychology of José Mourinho

José Mourinho at High Performance Football Coaching

Mourinho's tactical masterclass. Tactical analysis of Ajax Manchester United

performance diet, mind and body nirvana

http://soccerfootballperformance.blogspot.co.uk/

Valencia: How Barcelona’s title rivals rallied

Dining together often, the players are subjected to strict workouts while their blood is analysed and weight is checked frequently. According to Valencian papers, there are behavioural rules to abide by.

Marcelino demands that every player addresses each member of staff with the utmost respect, irrespective of what job they hold.

Eat, drink and sleep like a footballer


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Nutrition has become more of a key focus when it comes to improving professional footballers' performances

Nutrition has become more of a key focus


How to eat like a Premier League footballer



Successful footballers achieve a state of mind called footballing nirvana.Football nirvana is a state of mind ,that detaches the person and the football in the present moment , from the execution of the game plan . Nirvana certainly involves a radically transformed state of consciousness which is free of the obsession with “me and mine.”

What is extinguished, in fact, is the triple fire of greed, fear, and cognitive biases . Indeed, the simplest definition of footballing nirvana is “the end of emotions , biases , and stress”. It is clear that nirvana is a psychological and ethical reality with a refined and subtle awareness. Negative mental states and emotions , such as doubt, worry, anxiety, and fear plus stress and impatience ,are absent from the enlightened mind.

It is a state of mind , that will execute all technical commands , without interference of ego and the self , of the manager's method .Football at top level is a mental game ,that is won by the mind , a mind under control .It controls the emotions , stress and the nirvana mindset.No thoughts will interfere during skills  execution and no desires will exist , other than method commands that are executed perfectly.

The trading nirvana mindset can perfectly execute the  plan , by subconscious automatic impulsive brain commands , without the ego.

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