Sorry to start off with a few words about football. It won't all be like this. But as a Gillingham supporter, there is one question that simply won't go away. Why do they have the most lamentable away record? At the moment it's as bad as it's ever been.
I think I have the answer. All it needs from the manager is a little motivation. Not the sort where you tell your star striker that if he pops one in away from home he'll also get a night of unbridled passion with Gladys behind the counter of the local chippie.
No. You need to mix motivation with fear. So it's, quite simple. You tell the players that if they lose, when they trot off the pitch, their clothes will have been removed from the dressing room and will in fact be on the team coach which in turn has been removed from the stadium. A 1 goal defeat, the coach is parked a mile away, a 2 goal defeat it's two miles away and so on.
Trust me. it's sound psychology and it will work. You don't need to be a genius to realise that having to leave the ground, still in kit, map in hand, and weaving your way through the crowds along the back streets of Stockport or Oldham, isn't the best way of ending a Saturday afternoon.
Mark my word, Gillingham will be banging in the away goals before you know it.
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