04 Jun 2018 15:37:57
Anyone else watch the "football godfathers" its Geoff Shreeves in conversation with a manager for an hour -its on History channel - looking at the careers of 5 managers so far I've seen LVG and Houllier .

LVG has had some amazing success and given debuts to some great players -Houllier too -

Anyway, what was interesting is that both said 2 years is needed before you can implement what you want, yes there are exceptions but they trget 2 years as to when they feel they and the players, the set up, the coaching is in place to move forward.

1.) 04 Jun 2018
04 Jun 2018 16:49:52
Two years to implement. 'the philosophy'

Gives me shudders thinking about it again.

2.) 04 Jun 2018
04 Jun 2018 17:42:12
I didn't like LVG -saw him in a different light though, he went into the youth set up at Ajax and then Barcelona. the list of players he gave debuts to is incredible-

Houllier was a school teacher, within 10 years of taking on a semi professional team as player manager he had won the French premier league - he gave it all up to go back to his real passion "teaching" which meant he was tasked with implementing his philosophy (his words) from grass roots upwards -when France won the world cup the french manager gave Houllier his medal as without him none of the players would have come through, and the style fo play would never have evolved.

3.) 04 Jun 2018
04 Jun 2018 20:21:25
Decent programmes on History at the moment. I’m currently watching FIFA World Cup official film, Italia 90.
Wednesday night they’ve got ‘One night in Turin’. Gets you right in the mood for the World Cup.

4.) 05 Jun 2018
05 Jun 2018 01:44:36
I think the World Cup is so over-rated.