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FOOTBALL CONSISTENCY 2016-2018
LEARNING LEADERSHIP & MEDIA GROUP
GAMES LOSSES
Monaco 62 7 PSG 62 7 Bayern 53 4 Dortmund 53 11 Barcelona 59 4 Real Madrid 59 10 Man City 64 7 Chelsea 63 10 Napoli 61 5 Juventus 57 7 PSV 55 4 Ajax 55 6 Porto 54 2 Benfica 55 3 Celtic 64 2 Al Hilal 45 3 Jeonbuk 76 9 Kashima 51 10 Sydney 46 2
POINTS %DRAW/WIN PTS/GAME
145 88.7 2.3 149 88.7 2.4 135 92.5 2.5 98 79.2 1.8 148 93.2 2.5 132 83.1 2.2 147 89.1 2.3 143 84.1 2.3 154 91.8 2.5 140 87.7 2.5 131 92.7 2.4 129 89.1 2.3 138 96.3 2.6 132 94.5 2.4 166 96.9 2.6 108 93.3 2.4 142 88.2 1.9 111 80.4 2.2 112 95.7 2.4
At home Sydney haven’t lost a game for almost two years and away from home in the same period, they have only conceded a goal every two games. There are currently only two teams performing in professional national leagues who currently have a higher consistency record: Celtic in Scotland and Porto in Portugal. A World class performance without question.
I have been fortunate to see these results like many others. Now without doubt, the best team seen in Australia, hopefully providing much inspiration as we look forward to a fast approaching World Cup. I have also been fortunate to be working with the team in close quarters throughout this period as the team and coaching staff mental resilience and emotional intelligence adviser. There are many who play an important part in achieving these results. The players, the coach Graham Arnold, Terry McFlynn, fitness coach Andrew Clark and the medical team, other coaching staff including John Crawley, Steve Corica, Phil Moss and tech analyst Doug Kors. All the admin and managerial staff under the Club’s CEO Danny Townsend play a significant part as does the Board and the Club’s owners. Let’s not forget those who provide enormous energy and encouragement through their support too. However, I’ve learned and experienced that the biggest single thing that makes the difference between good and great individuals and teams is a positive attitude and healthy mind.
CONCLUSION
My view is that we don’t spend enough time working on improving our mind. The gyms are full of people getting their body in shape and that’s a great thing. Imagine if we would all spend a little more time on getting the brain in shape –what World class results could we achieve.
REFERENCES:
Conway M: Football consistency table 2018, Conway M: Come on people: no more shortcuts. 2017 , Mayer JD: Emotional Intelligence. Key Readings on the Mayer and Salovey Model. 2004, Seligman M and Peterson S: Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. 2004, Zak P: Trust Factor: The Science of Creating High Performance Companies 2017
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