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| Thursday, 14 June 2012 06:39 |
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RLCM Coachtalk Yearbook Extract - With Phil Gould .... some people can't win with them but you can't win without them. You got to have good players and the quality of the players will make the quality of the coach. I am not trying to down play the coaches role because it is very important and they work hard, but certainly the quality of the people you are dealing with makes it so much easier.
I've got a great passion for the game in that I have the capacity to watch a lot of football, not just watch it, I mean I really study it.
I watch more of what's happening 'off the ball' than I do what's doing with the ball. I hate to watch football on TV because I don't think you see the game, so I go out and watch a lot of football live, I go out every weekend, any spare time, I'm always going to a football game to watch it live because I think, you know, 'off the ball' is a main part of the game and that's where you see the strengths and weaknesses and I've got a capacity for that. I've got a great thirst for it, I really study it with a great memory for it. I can remember things and pull things out that I have seen or looked at. I can look at things and probably ask why or how did that happen. The game is constantly changing. It's changing because there are so many good coaches around now, with playing experience and are very analytical. Players look at why they have success and failure and players today have become greater students of the game. When you have players that are that inquisitive about the game and not just there to play and be physical but also to look at why and how things happen. That makes you more aware, more alert, makes players anticipate greater, they're the real keys to successful players. There is an expectation from players, maybe from yourself or your..... |