However, this expectation weighs heavy on players, and heavy on managers too: José Mourinho's implosions at Chelsea and Real Madrid in his final seasons there pay testament to this, with constant pressure and expectation hard to cope with, even for a manager as experienced as Mourinho; countless other managers and players have struggled with
pressure at big clubs, and we should consider the Liverpool group as no different.
«I've spoken to him about it and
the pressure at the bigger clubs is constant but I think he handles it very well,» said Monk.
Not exact matches
The Belgium international joined United from Everton in the summer for a
big price tag, with plenty of
pressure on him to show what he could do
at a
big club after flopping
at Chelsea earlier in his career.
Some Arsenal fans have not been happy with the
club for keeping Arsene Wenger as our manager for some time now and even though the
pressure may have been taken off the Frenchman by the team ending the long trophy drought and then backing it up with back to back FA cup wins
at Wembley, the failure so far this season to take advantage of the struggles of the Premier League
big boys has brought it all back with a bang.
Thierry Henry has said it all, that there's is a problem in arsenal, there was a time he don't even relate with his teams mate and he question why Sanchez will remain
at arsenal after the display against Liverpool, I have said it before the
big issue on ground is not money that the player are demanding but the ambition of the
club... henry also said, when u are playing for arsenal u are comfortable whether u are playing well or not because there's no
pressure on u....
I can only assume it is the
pressure of playing for a
big club,
at lesser
clubs they keep busy which must help with confidence and also you cant really point fingers because then there would be finger pointing all season long.
and I still reiterate my sentiments, many players are better suited to playing for smaller
clubs with very little expectations and less
pressure and I can name loads of very very talented players who just don't have the
big club mentality, players who bloom and shine when they are the main attraction, the
big fish in a small pond but who will whither and fade once they make the step up to
bigger teams... with Arsenal Afobe will just be another player, another upstart who will find the
pressure of delivering week in week out or be out of the team hard to deal with...
at Bournemouth he has time to settle into his pace, if he misses chances like he did on his debut for the
club he will still be given chances after chances, just like it happened withn him
When you play for a
big club like Arsenal, there is more
pressure on your shoulders to perform
at the highest level on a regular basis and the fans can get pretty frustrated when you are not doing as well as you should.
Ozil also wants to finish
at his home town
club Schalke so after the world cup would seem to be a perfect way for him to finish without
pressure on Schalke to pay a
big transfer fee to bring him home.
The real question is, how would Pep cope
at a
big club with a smaller transfer budget, with fewer resources and more
pressure on his shoulders?
«I wouldn't say that it's a «final» game for me, but when you are
at a
big club like Dortmund, the
pressure is there and you have to win,» he said.
At his former
club he was often nothing short of spectacular but the
pressure and expectations are now much
bigger.
The typical role of a top - class goalkeeper
at a
big club is to command his area and make one or two key saves per game to take the
pressure of the rest of the team, something that the Spaniard has done consistently over the past two months.