What a guy. So open and honest, a cut above the spiteful bile filled rubbish we got for 20 yrs from the GPC, Wenger and Jose. The press called it mind games, but compared to pep they just look like bitter, mean spirited old ****s.
Who do we think this is about then (not just one player, but I wonder if this applies to Sane at all)?
I think they understood that it worked and why I asked them to do what I did, but they just didn’t want to do it. They wanted to be a bigger part of the game, involved in every moment, expressing their 1v1 skills and individual talents. They just didn’t want to be stopped. With the big players I’ll insist, insist and insist on the style, but there comes a time where you realise, “This guy ain’t gonna do it. I’ll play a different player.”