It's easy to see why they would have greater motivation

Lower league side, against a recent ex prem side, in front of their own fans and looking to create an upset.

I doubt our lot thought, "cor blimey, preston away in the fa cup third round, I'm well up for that!", especially during a busy Xmas period where the priority is to get back into the playoff zone, which could lead to a prem return and larger wage packets.

I'm not saying that mentality is justified, seeing as I've been one of the biggest advocates (on here) for a deep cup run over the past couple years, but I imagine the motivation levels were something akin to that.

Obviously that's why you need a great managerial motivator in those situations, although our cup record in recent years suggests that the problem goes way beyond that and is really just a symptom of the club not caring about cup competitions, from the board down.

Posted By: Common Sense Police on January 4th 2015 at 11:44:50

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"interesting" comment from Johnson, maybe not all Adam's fault ? (NCFC) - Kar1, Jan 4, 11:28:25
- It's football speak for "we couldn't be arsed", but it should be the manager instilling (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Jan 4, 11:48:43
- It's easy to see why they would have greater motivation (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 4, 11:44:50
  - Adding onto that, look at Pulis' efforts yesterday (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 4, 11:57:47
  - Good post. (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 4, 11:52:15
    - I wonder if cup bonuses would be very small compared to basic salary (NCFC) - Kar1, Jan 4, 12:37:33
      - I imagine they must be (if we offer them at all) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 4, 12:51:38
        
        The bonuses a club receives for winning cup games is very small as well (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 4, 12:58:34
        
        Think they were something like 50k per game (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 4, 13:03:24
        
        3rd round vctory is worth 67,500 quid from the FA I believe. (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Jan 4, 13:20:13
    - Could be the case (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 4, 12:01:29
- Motivating players and keeping morale up are key aspects of the manager's role (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 4, 11:43:21
- Contrarily, I don?t think that there?s much in the comment (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jan 4, 11:37:08
  - Yeah. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 12:17:30
  - I think Johnson has been unfairly treated on this board sometimes. (NCFC) - Kar1, Jan 4, 11:41:21
    - He was captain for the day.. (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 4, 11:42:15
- They are all overpaid prima donnas who can't be bothered to put a shift in. (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 4, 11:31:39

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