06-24-2015, 03:09 AM
(06-23-2015, 03:01 PM)cimm1979 link Wrote:It's a condition called Learned Helplessness. Its a condition that's well known, researched, documented and peer reviewed.
Look it up. Basically it's a condition where, when confronted with a task that can't be completed successfully, the effort a person will give gradually diminishes until they give up.
Cork Heads game plan made games unwinnable, particularly with his repeated statements that his list was no good.
Not sure if anyone has written about the phenomenon in soccer so you'll probably have trouble understanding it.
The Ox is frustrated so the Earth moves on!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"