Peterhead boss looking to make history

[OceanRain 2,845]

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"I've told my players, whatever you do, don't let these ninety minutes pass you by. It's not about damage limitation. Go out and express yourself. Enjoy yourself. You're playing against a team that's under a lot of pressure and that also has a massive cup semi-final coming up.

Psychologically, we've not had an edge for a few weeks. That edge will back back on Sunday if Rangers have possibly lost theirs. Regardless of what they will say, I would say 99% won't be as motivated as we will be on Sunday, and we have got to use that to our advantage. We've got to be in their face, tackling hard. We need to put on a good show.

They won the league through the week. I'd hope they've been out enjoying themselves. I'll be surpised if they've not been out enjoying themselves. Already a lot of their focus is on the Scottish cup semi-final against Celtic, but they're going into a cup final this Sunday for a trophy they've not won in four seasons, which is probably pretty embarrassing for them. So, they know they're playing in a game that they really ought to win, but are they going to be totally focussed on it? That's what I'm not so sure about. That's what we've got to take advantage of and that's what I'll be drumming into my players - that if Rangers are not in it at all, then we have to be. Then there's every chance that we could surprise them."

 - Jim McInally

 

http://www.northsound1.com/localnews/listen-blue-toon-boss-looking-to-make-history/#

[jintybear 8,536]

Team talk right there!

[RFC55 108,733]

Wee bit of mind games and fair play to him 

[TMB 14,167]

Fuck 'im.

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,123]

Got me worried

[Moody Blue 9,346]

[mabawsa 888]

Nothing wrong with that.Talking his team up and trying to instill a belief in them.Its their biggest day ever so we need to be matching their desire.

He is right about it being embarrassing for us if you look back at the RR final and the Alloa capitulation. 

[AljayBoy 2,298]

Fair enough, he's every right to try the mind games, and he could even be right about some players having one eye on the game the following week, but it's a lost cause imo as Warburton and the squad will be hungry for more success after tasting it on Tuesday. 

 

[kanjo 26,327]

They may be in our faces, which i expect.... what i also expect though is a part time team to run out of steam trying to keep up.

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

My only concern is the 'tackle hard' refrence in his article.  Was never the most skillful player and I expect his team to be kicking anything that moves.  Hopefully we get a strong ref as we do not need injuries going into the cup semi.

[40delboy40 248]

41 minutes ago, OceanRain said:

http://www.northsound1.com/localnews/listen-blue-toon-boss-looking-to-make-history/#

Pin that on the dressing room wall then.

[Gaz52 11,837]

I noticed their fans on the Facebook event page calling us sevco and how it's ridiculous sevco haven't won this cup yet etc

I also remember after we beat them 1-0, their manager out saying Rangers fans were embarrassing for celebrating the way they did as it was only 1-0. 

I hope we pump them about 7-0

[K.A.I 36,183]

It's fair enough from a Peterhead perspective. If the roles were reversed I'd be hoping for a similar team talk 

[Prso's headband 35,348]

Mind games against Warburton

Glad they will try to express themselves. Will be easy to pick them off.

[Rangers#1 5,459]

Will piss all over them at hampden.

[Mr Blue 64]

Get used to success boys, go out there and wrap this trophy up in the first half hopefully.

[kaiser1041 9,088]

Fuck up Jim and take the pumping like your mum

[kingtom80 166]

 

           a good wee team Peterhead,and their manager is

          just having a good team talk,i just hope our manager

          can do the same and we can win the game .GBTGR.            

 

[TopCat 4,511]

That's the perfect team talk right there for MW to motivate our boys.

 

Regardless of how Peterhead set about the game I expect us to win this with ease.

[NeoGeo7 10,447]

Would love nothing more than putting a barrel load past them to get morale and confidence high for next weekend.

[JFK-1 516]

They already made their own little bit of history just by getting to this final which will be their largest ever pay day by a long way.  They won all they could have hoped for when it happened to be Rangers in the final with them.  THAT'S their cup win and the chances are it will be a bigger cheque than their entire gate money for a whole season or even two.

What would they opt for given the choice?  A final against Montrose they would be favourites to win?  Or a big pay day against Rangers in which their chances of winning are remote and the chances of a thrashing good but a fat cheque guaranteed? 

   

[bombaybadboy08 15,660]

I started off reading that thinking "Fair play" then felt he was being a bit of a dick.

If we do take our eye of the ball these guys will beat us, that's not in doubt.

We need to be first to every tackle, if they are thinking about not getting injured for the game against the tims then we won't win it.

Hopefully we take around 7 off them though as he's a bitter prick.

[tannerall 25,935]

History is in the making. Hopefully they'll be first Peterhead team to finish runners up in a cup final against Rangers.

A fine achievement in itself. 

[jim beam 2,188]

Nothing wrong with the manager geeing up his team against the opposition makes a change when Ally used too gee up the opposition against his own team.

[TheMotor 2,208]

He's just doing his job.

They need some hope. They're going to be intimidated by the size of the stadium, the size of the crowd, the size of the pitch and the size of Rob Kiernan.

Then they'll take a pumping.