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Lev Bronstein wrote:Thought from the title he'd buggered off again

Mase wrote:Is someone going to tell us what was said or what?

I’ve been here almost seven years now and it’s still hard for me to understand why England have not progressed on the international stage.
The Premier League is one of the best and toughest in the world — to survive and succeed you must have wonderful skill, speed and fitness.
Players like Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, one of the greatest players I’ve had the privilege to play alongside, possess those qualities — and they’re not alone.
We’ve got a core of England players at City — Joe Hart, Joleon Lescott, James Milner, Gareth Barry — so I know the class and pedigree is there.
And it’s difficult to believe the country doesn’t challenge more successfully at the Euros or in the World Cup.
But maybe England have to look at the structure of its coaching staff.

Which brings me to Gary Neville. I can’t believe that any of the top countries would employ a television pundit as a part-time coach.
Can you imagine Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Brazil or Argentina employing a manager’s right-hand man whose day job is a television pundit? I can’t ever see it happening.
This week, I saw that Gary is part of a venture to build a new hotel in Manchester.
How does that benefit England and Roy Hodgson?
I’m not a fan of foreign managers taking charge of national teams.
It would never happen in Brazil or Argentina because there’s too much pride at stake to admit a foreigner could understand the culture or mentality.
But at least when Fabio Capello was in charge, you saw his assistant, Franco Baldini at Premier League games scouting players.
To be honest, I haven’t seen much of that from Gary Neville.
He’s happy to make jokes about players referring them to a PlayStation game but I’m not sure many World Cups have been won on

I know Sky is a high-profile and lucrative job and must pay well but he has to decide whether his first loyalty is to them or the FA.
He should be out there watching games in the Premier League or the Championship, reporting back on current players and those who might play a part in the World Cup and beyond.
He should also be turning up at clubs, watching their sessions, seeing how top class coaches work and how England players respond to them.
I’ve worked under great managers, probably some of the best in the world and I don’t think any of them would consider having an assistant whose main focus was not 100 per cent on the job.
Spain have been the most successful side in the world for the past few years.
Is their assistant manager a TV pundit?
The short answer is no. Gary has to decide whether England is his absolute focus or does he want to make a name for himself on Sky.
Because, in my opinion, there is too much of a conflict of interest to do both.

TEVEZ ON SOUNESS
I TRY and avoid watching my old friend Graeme Souness on the TV at the best of times.
But when I’m unfortunate enough to catch him, I can’t help but laugh.
He tells us football is an easy game.
He tells us players like Oscar don’t intentionally score brilliant goals — even though everybody else knew it was wonderful skill against Juventus.
The question that I would like Graeme to answer is: If football is so easy, why was he so unsuccessful as a manager in England and Portugal?
Why didn’t he buy players like Deco even though he had the chance in 1997?
And why does no chairman trust him with their club any more?
Football is an easy game.
Especially when you are watching it from his armchair or from the Sky television studio.

TEVEZ ON WEST HAM
I’LL always remember West Ham and their fans with real love and respect.
It’s where I began in English football and it’s why I’ll always have so much affection for the club. That’s why I made the sign of the crossed hammers at Upton Park last week.
If I’d scored against them, I definitely wouldn’t have celebrated.
I’m so glad they’re back in the Premier League because I missed playing there last season and I missed the fans.

Lev Bronstein wrote:His English has improved hasn't it?

Presumably his words are translated, or at least very heavily edited (written by) an in-house Sun journalist. Think folk are right to fear it ending in fears.

(One for the conspiracy theorists: Catlos must be on his way out. The Sun are getting him in line for the "My Life in City Hell" articles coming soon.)

Im_Spartacus wrote:

Lev Bronstein wrote:His English has improved hasn't it?

Presumably his words are translated, or at least very heavily edited (written by) an in-house Sun journalist. Think folk are right to fear it ending in fears.

(One for the conspiracy theorists: Catlos must be on his way out. The Sun are getting him in line for the "My Life in City Hell" articles coming soon.)

[highlight]I dont for one minute believe that he follows souness' career to the extent that he knows he had an opportunity to sign deco in 1997[/highlight]
I also dont believe for a minute he said anything like is alleged about Neville.

I also doubt very much the club will allow this to continue, as it is ripe for manipulation by whoever the fuck is writing the column

peter9091 wrote:Hi anyone will tell me .... Is someone going to tell us what was said or what?

Nickyboy wrote:He said what you'd expect against people that had slagged him off in the past and he also thinks we can still qualify in Europe as we are a team of champions. Nothing too extraordinary there.

Im not comfortable with this column though, has potential to end in tears.

Nickyboy wrote:He said what you'd expect against people that had slagged him off in the past and he also thinks we can still qualify in Europe as we are a team of champions. Nothing too extraordinary there.

Im not comfortable with this column though, has potential to end in tears.