How would you punish the players?

pogbasformerbarber said:
Punishing the players for one terrible, albeit pretty damn terrible, result against a highly motivated team in an extremely difficult environment after the amount of games we've played and our exceptional run of form for months...is exactly why none of us should ever be managers and why those managers that would have the instinct to punish the players in this scenario are never long for their teams or success...

I'm sure ETH will be fairly critical of the performance, point out players that could improve, give suggestions for improvement, and incorporate any strategic managerial changes. Which is as it should be. These aren't toddlers or convicts...
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I was in charge of my 9 yo son's 7 a side team for ONE game as the manager was busy.
I substituted my own son (who was one of only two good players ) for missing a penalty.
My wife nearly killed me and needless to say my managerial career finished on that day 17 years ago.
 
grahamo said:
We need a couple of BIG characters in the squad. Madley (The ref) was poor on Sunday. Every single 50/50 decision went Liverpool's way. It didn't surprise Me at all that the players heads dropped. Its not physical punishment thats needed. Its some type of conditioning to make them all mentally stronger.
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Or a secret Barcelona type fund to bribe the refs properly.
 
Rayman96 said:
I was in charge of my 9 yo son's 7 a side team for ONE game as the manager was busy.
I substituted my own son (who was one of only two good players ) for missing a penalty.
My wife nearly killed me and needless to say my managerial career finished on that day 17 years ago.
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Ha, thats hilarious...but also the point! Good managers punish players for bad behavior, not adhering to tactics, or poor effort. Playing hard and losing (which I think many did frankly) because of myriad of factors (fatigue, tactics breaking down, or a good old fashion lack of quality) should never elicit punishment. Thats when players (rightfully) start to revolt...
 
Cover their bottoms with a bit of brasso and then beat them with the birch stick like sir used to do…shit did I say that out loud?
 
if the players have any pride they will feel punished enough by the result
 
Shouldn't be beyond the players to maybe make a token gesture of donating a weeks salary to charity after Sundays horror show, downing tools and expecting to be paid is wrong on many levels.
 
Id have sat them in a room and explained the standards of the club etc and asked the players to punish themselves as a collective (including me), and let the group come to a decision.
 
Who's gonna punish ETH then for his tactical mess?

Both the mauling at City and at Liverpool were because of his tactical overthinking.

At Etihad he left Casemiro on the bench and went all out to attack without taking care of defence first.
He went to Anfield with a completely wrong formation: Bruno on the left, Rashford in the middle, Weggy doing God knows what.
 
Whats even the point in punishing them?

I'd be hoping it's more a case of any hint of poor attitude from any if them ever again and its the last time they're ever trusted to put on the shirt.

You can give people leeway for an off day or not always performing to their best, being tired, etc. but throwing a massive tantrum that creates a huge public humiliation for you as an employer/manager is something that can't be allowed to happen more than once. It was handled correctly with Ronaldo (although much easier since he actively disobeyed the manager), and this is a similar case in that you can't accept those levels if unprofessional regardless of what happens in between.

I also would have thought travelling fans would be refunded by the players. I mean that should be a 100% given so is actually an indictment in itself if it hasn't happened. If you went to see a band and they stropped off half way through the gig over no fault of your own, you'd get your money back.
 
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Doodah said:
Who's gonna punish ETH then for his tactical mess?

Both the mauling at City and at Liverpool were because of his tactical overthinking.

At Etihad he left Casemiro on the bench and went all out to attack without taking care of defence first.
He went to Anfield with a completely wrong formation: Bruno on the left, Rashford in the middle, Weggy doing God knows what.
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We need to be serious here really. It was 1-0 at half time and we'd been arguable the better team. Setting up wrong tactically doesn't cause a team to go from that to losing the second half 6-0 and conceding a bunch of goals that would be comically unacceptable in a Sunday league game.

I mean I'm not saying ETH got nothing wrong,but he definitely didn't do anything to cause that,unless he instructed the players at half time to go out and behave like toddlers.
 
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