Graham Arnold has implored his players to avoid reading ‘shite’ on social media, warning it will negatively affect their psychological preparation
Graham Arnold has implored his players to avoid reading “shite” on social media, warning it will negatively affect their psychological preparation for Australia’s definitive finalOnly 90 minutes stand between the Socceroos and a place in the round of 16 for the first time since 2006, but Arnold is just as concerned about how much external noise his squad take on board during the build-up, impressing upon them advice from personal experience: “The same people backing you are the ones killing you...
“Mentally it’s the biggest thing, and if it affects your brain it doesn’t matter how fit you are, technically how good you are or how good the tactics are, they don’t take it in because they’re mentally not ready.” Arnold says he took lessons from the Tokyo Olympics, where his Olyroos upset Argentina 2-0 in their first group game but went on to lose their second and third matches to Spain and Egypt and finish bottom of their group.This is a World Cup like no other. For the last 12 years the Guardian has been reporting on the issues surrounding Qatar 2022, from corruption and human rights abuses to the treatment of migrant workers and discriminatory laws.
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