Ex-Headteacher. Christian. Chicago Economics - Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, CS Lewis,MartinLutherK, Geoff Canada, J Mourinho, Chelsea FC, Eden Hazard, #FBPE
@TTRadioOfficial They won’t be the best teachers because they’re not in the classroom very much. This is a disadvantage when compared to teachers who are practicing 20 hours per week.
@FrankKhalidUK Enrique, Mourinho or Conte would be best but doubt any of them would come to the club. Otherwise, Iraola or Fabregas which reflects our current situation.
Back in 2020, Barcelona decided they didn't need Luis Suárez anymore, so they sold him to Atlético Madrid for just £6.5M. Ronald Koeman even broke the news to him over the phone.
"The call from Koeman to tell me that he didn't count on me lasted 40 seconds; it's not the way to fire a legend. First, he told me that I was not in his plans, and then he told me that if I did not resolve my contract, I was going to play against Villarreal.
He lacked the personality to tell me things clearly, if he didn't want me or if it was really the club that didn't want me."
He went on to score 21 goals and led Atleti to the league title for the first time in 7 years. Oh, and when he scored against Barcelona, he didn't forget that phone call...
🚨 Sir Alex Ferguson on modern football debates:
🗣️ Ferguson: “People talk a lot about tactics today, and of course the game has evolved in that sense. Managers are more detailed, teams are more structured, and everything is analysed more than ever before. But at the end of the day, football will always come down to players and mentality.
At Manchester United, we focused on building winners. That wasn’t just about ability, it was about character, how players handled pressure, and how they responded when things weren’t going their way. You can have the best system in the world, but if the players don’t have the belief or the personality, it won’t last.
There were many games where tactics didn’t win it for us. It was the attitude, the refusal to lose, the willingness to take responsibility in big moments. That’s something you can’t always teach, but you can build it into the culture of a club.
That’s why, no matter how much football changes, the most important things will always stay the same. Players win matches, mentality wins trophies. That’s what lasts.”