Little wary of growing pressure
21 December 2007
Wrexham
manager Brian Little says the tension and stress of their relegation fight is
beginning to affect the players' performances on the pitch.
"When the games come around you can tell the players are under a bit of
pressure," said Little.
"They're almost a different animal on matchday. That little bit of tension and
everything that's at stake is having an affect them on a matchday.
"But we're trying hard to make sure we come to terms with that."
Little takes his side to League Two promotion hopefuls Rotherham on Saturday,
looking for only his second win since taking charge over a month ago.
The former Aston Villa boss says he hopes to use all his vast managerial
experience to ease the pressure off the players, and intends to send them out
with a strong sense of self-belief at Millmoor.
"Rotherham are a good side," added Little, whose side currently lie in the
bottom two in the table. "I went to watch them play a week or two back.
"They have two or three ex-players of mine in their side so I know their
strengths and weaknesses.
"They are currently on good form, I think they were disappointed that their last
game was called off. But we don't fear them. I don't think you fear anybody in
this business.
"I always feel that when a team is under pressure and when people look at
footballers and think they're not going to so something, you can wind them up.
"When you look at the result we had at Bury (1-0 win) and the way we played at
Rochdale (0-0), we have enough about us to go there and get a result. There's no
reason why we can't.
"They are a good side and having a really good season, but if our attitude is
spot-on we've got a great chance."
