There's a good interview with Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill - for whom I have immense admiration as a person, a professional and a 'football man' (dreaded phrase!) - in today's Observer newspaper. Among the choice quotes from interviewer and interviewee are these, concerning the time and tide of fortune amidst the madness that is 'the modern game'."Taking a year to do anything in football these days is strictly prohibited. The preferred delivery date is yesterday." - Paul Hayward.
"While you can have it in your own demeanour, you should not be self-deprecating to the extent that what happens is [that] people hammer the crap out of you." - Martin O'Neill.
"It would make me laugh, make me smile, if some manager came in and said he had a five-year plan for a football club. Fine, if you actually own the football club at the same time." - MH again.
And even then...
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3 comments:
Agree with you about Martin. An excellent, sensible and deep thinking manager. Like him a lot.
Thanks for the link to the interview Simon, really interesting. Love your blog and would really appreciate a link to my football programme website, it can be found here - Football Programmes, no Dumbarton or Exeter programmes at present but we are working on it!
Jack
A great manager, it would be nice to see him at Liverpool, but I don't think it will happen.
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