great post...thank you...sad that only 160 people have read it. it seems the greatness of this club's heritage is slowly slipping away.
i think this paragraph is immensely telling. the polar opposite of Raf's strategy. Not saying one s right the other wrong, just highlightging the difference;
"Mind you, ah wouldna' say the best players make the best managers, although ah think that's been more the case in recent years - but a manager makes things so much harder for himself if he can't explain the game to his players. An' even that's only half the battle. Tae get the best out of his men, the manager has tae work tae a tactical plan they understand which need not necessarily be the one he'd like himself. For instance, at Liverpool we have Ian Callaghan and Peter Thompson, two of the best wingers in the game. They are as near tae the old orthodox wingers as there are, so why should they be used in any other way? It wouldn'a be fair for one thing. Natural ability is far too precious tae be messed about wi'."
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