StanSP Posted 20 January 2011 Posted 20 January 2011 You clearly do not understand how the BBC and especially Radio Leicester work. Stringer is a minion and does not have authority to report on anything he wants. He's told what to do. Pearson is not the angel you think he is. He said exactly why he left leicester. That's what I was trying to get at earlier !
Jackirius Posted 20 January 2011 Posted 20 January 2011 Hell yes it is! Thanks It's annoying, i find myself staring at it every time you post.
Aeropars Posted 20 January 2011 Posted 20 January 2011 That's what I was trying to get at earlier ! Yop I wasnt being agressive. Just trying to give an insite. I think my post may have sounded a little harsh.
StanSP Posted 20 January 2011 Posted 20 January 2011 It's annoying, i find myself staring at it every time you post. The irony
ajthefox Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 It's annoying, i find myself staring at it every time you post. The irony I don't think I have ever agreed with anything, this much, ever.
Haydos Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 I don't think Hobbs will have hit Sousa. Wouldn't Hobbs have been sacked? Plus, Hobbs doesn't look the type. He always looks sad. No harm meant but I spent a night with him (naughty) when he was on loan with us, night before the Northampton away game in League 1. Was a bit of a tosser back then. Looks like his heads fixed on now. (Got MOTM in that game I think anyway).
Itsthejoeker Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 No matter how bad he was at his job it still doesn't warrant a punch to the face...
davieG Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 Merc Paulo Sousa was so devastated by his sacking as Leicester City manager that he could not face watching any football for weeks as he came to terms with his departure.The 40-year-old said he turned his back on the game that had been such a massive part of his life since he first started kicking a ball on the streets of Viseu, Portugal, as a boy. But now, three and a half months since his sacking, which came after just nine league games in charge and with City in the bottom three of the Championship, Sousa has decided to speak about his experiences at the Walkers Stadium and his frustration that he was not given the time and resources to implement his plans. Sousa still lives happily in Leicestershire, and he looks calm and relaxed as he speaks about what went wrong for him at the Walkers, but the flame that fired him up to become a double Champions League winner as a player has been re-ignited as he looks to make a return to management. "Emotionally, I felt very down because, as a person, I am always very positive and I felt I could have handled the situation and turned things around if certain things had gone differently for me," he said. "Of course, I have to accept my responsibilities and I am not the type of person who makes excuses. I made mistakes in some areas. "My first two or three weeks afterwards I didn't want to watch games or think about football. I wanted to spend time with my family and to draw pleasure from my wife and daughter. "After that I started to reflect on what happened and why I made the decision to come to Leicester, and why I didn't achieve the success I proposed to myself as a manager and a person. "I began to reorganise all my ideas and my values in football, not just in England but also abroad. I invested in myself and my knowledge by reading all kinds of literature from England and other countries to look at different perspectives and dimensions of football. "Now I feel the time is right to talk about what happened." Sousa said he was full of hope when he left Swansea City and joined Leicester last July. He had joined a "massive" club which matched his ambition, but while he admits he made mistakes, he also said there were factors at the club which made it incredibly difficult to succeed, and he was not given the time to overcome the obstacles. "I don't want to make excuses for what happened," he said. "One of the major mistakes I made was I wasn't quick enough to take decisions, or determined enough to ask for things. "I came in at a delicate time with the proposed takeover. Milan Mandaric was trying to sell the club and there was indecision, and I wasn't strong enough or brave enough to ask for things. "You need to have the right environment which allows me to do the best job. To do that you have important areas where I needed complete control. I didn't control certain areas and I did not have the chance to change things, to be strong, to bring people with knowledge and quality, with the same vision I have, to do the right things. "There were some important problems that needed to be resolved. Some of the players they wanted to leave, some of them, as I understand, because they didn't believe any more in the club. "Other ones because of all that instability, and the players want that stability, they want more money and better contracts. "I didn't have the opportunity to be quick to buy the tranquillity and happiness of those players so they could be focused. "That is important when you build something different in a different style. You need to sometimes buy the players' happiness, even if you sometimes don't think of that player in the future. "It is something you need to have, to have the players with you. "Sometimes you need to buy them with contracts. I don't say I was not allowed to do that, but everyone understood at the time Milan was not investing so much any more in the club, because he was trying to sell the club. "I was not so quick to understand that. I spent a lot of time and energy looking to bring in new players to add more quality to the squad, to allow us to stay strong but bring in a different style. We negotiated and tried to conclude deals, but they were not concluded." Without the support to bring in his own players, Sousa said he had to try to engage the remaining squad who still had an attachment to his predecessor Nigel Pearson, and he said the players were gripped by uncertainty and doubt about the direction the club was going. He admitted he did not have all of them with him. "These things take time to change, by adding different players with good quality, to have competition, to give contracts to keep important players happy," he said. "All these factors did not help us get the results straight away, and then confusion and doubt crept in. The players needed to believe in the changes and then keep working for the change, and we were close." Sousa claimed it was not just the players who had doubts about the direction of the club, and he added that the club did not possess a defined philosophy and culture, which meant people were not pulling in the same direction. "I saw some departments with some good professionals, but they are not together," he said. "They are only trying to protect their job and no-one was working in the same direction in a way that helped everyone in every department to be successful. That did not help." Sousa apologised to the City supporters and said he felt sorry for the fans as the team struggled to get results. "I notice they started to understand and believe in the football because they enjoyed it so much, and they could see there could be a bright future," he said. "They were looking to the next game with excitement and I am sorry for that because I wanted success like them." Sousa added: "I didn't produce the results that everyone expects and it is easier to make decisions like Milan made at that moment. "I am sure I could have turned things around. It could have become completely different with the same support and same opportunity to buy players with calibre and quality that they have at this moment. "There are always ups and downs in life and in football, but the important thing is to be stronger. "At this moment I am stronger than ever to take my next step in my professional career." Read Part Two - tomorrow
Edmund Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 So to sum it up in one sentence he didn't bring in the players he wanted and players were still rocked by Pearsons departure. Tell us something we didn't know already. I'd like to hear about his philosophies on fitness.
Len Finsbury Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 It's always difficult to replace someone who's been successful - just ask Peter Taylor. I'm sure that whoever was appointed directly after NP would have struggled. No excuse for the supposedly poor fitness of the squad though.
shen Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 It's always difficult to replace someone who's been successful - just ask Peter Taylor. I'm sure that whoever was appointed directly after NP would have struggled. No excuse for the supposedly poor fitness of the squad though. Motivation and determination no doubt plays a part in this. He should however have had the foresight once Pearson left that there were problems, especially concerning the 'complete control of certain areas' he speaks about.
deep blue Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 It's always difficult to replace someone who's been successful - just ask Peter Taylor. I'm sure that whoever was appointed directly after NP would have struggled. No excuse for the supposedly poor fitness of the squad though. What you do is to start from the team you've inherited, and gradually evolve it into the style you want, adding a few new faces along the way. What you shouldn't do is to attempt to implement a complete and immediate sea change and expect the players to be able to take it all in their stride. When Sousa came the first priority was to fill the gap left by Brown - he didn't address that. I'm sure he had problems within the club, but I'm also sure that he could have tackled the essentials.
davieG Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 Merc - Part 2 </h1> <h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(65, 64, 66); ">Thais can turn Leicester City into a top club at home and abroad, says Paulo Sousa Paulo Sousa believes Leicester City's Thai owners can turn the club into a footballing force, both in England and overseas. Sousa may have been sacked by Milan Mandaric just weeks after the takeover by King Power group, who control the Asia Football Investments consortium which bought the club from ex-chairman Mandaric. But he said he saw enough in his short time working for them to convince him they can be a huge driving force behind the club's re-emergence as a force in English football. Sousa also said the owners have a strong platform to build on with the club's large fan base, and that the supporters have a huge role to play in City's development into a Premier League club. He said: "I didn't work with them for long but I saw they had passion. They are emotionally a tight family, with some important principles in their personality. They have worked hard to build the empire they have and they believe in what they are doing. "Of course, they need to learn about football, because it is a different type of business, but they are spending money from their own pockets and, from what I know, I don't think in the last 10 years Leicester has ever had an owner who has invested the money this family has invested in these three months. "They also have a big business empire in Asia and there is huge potential for the club in places like China andIndia, with their contacts. "Because of that, I think Leicester have a fantastic chance to achieve success. I think Leicester can be a top club, not just in England but also abroad. "This is a huge opportunity for the club, and my message to the supporters is to give the owners their full backing, even more than ever. "I saw it in the home game against Manchester City, the fantastic support. The huge fan base was one of the reasons I joined Leicester. "The stadium was packed and big crowds will help motivate the owners even more to invest, as well as the players, staff and everyone at the club, "The players get extra energy and extra quality from that, not only at the Walkers but when they follow the team everywhere. It can bring some instability to the opponents. "The strength of the club is always its fan base. This club has it already. It is a way to encourage these owners to keep backing and investing in the club. "The club has the infrastructure already. They have already what most other clubs don't. "My main concern is that the club, in the short term, needs to have a direction, a philosophy, a culture, to have a leader where everyone recognises and backs this leader." Sousa said he is now hungry to get back into football after his experiences with City, and he wants to stay in England. "My aspiration is to be a top manager," he said. "I want to stay in England. I don't restrict my options but this is my priority. Like me, my family love England and especially this area. Everyone has settled well, my daughter and wife. We have started to make good friends and I want to stay close to this environment. "I have said all along, this country allows different opinions in football to enjoy what football is all about – passion, emotion, and England keeps giving all these things. You keep seeing the stadiums practically full and all that emotion is about. "And I believe I can impose a different style and have success in England. Of course, we saw not too many clubs have achieved this, but in time. "At Arsenal, it did not come straight away. Arsene Wenger got the time to impose himself completely and get all the departments with everyone working in one direction. Then it is easy every year to achieve a different kind of success. "This is something I believe and something I want to fight to have the right opportunity, and the right support. "But I accept I have to be different also in some areas, and I will, together with a club and the people who believe and support me to achieve that success."
muzzy1981 Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 Needs to earn his spurs at a lower league european club. Didn't seem to get english lower league football
Stevosevic Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 i may have missed it but has he said who signed Abe yet?
davieG Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 i may have missed it but has he said who signed Abe yet? You need to listen to the Radio for that info.
Thracian Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 Needs to earn his spurs at a lower league european club. Didn't seem to get english lower league football Or we didn't get him. It was disgraceful the way we treated him. For me the bloke made two big mistakes. Our team needed to be super fit but he didn't see it. And he introduced far too many foreign-based nobodies - a la Mandaric - instead of changing more slowly though that option probably wasn't open to him in the circumstances. Sousa was forever playing with the dice weighted against him. Some of the Pearson boys were displaced, knew they couldn't play in a football team and wanted out. Then there was the Sven agenda and the lack of the funds Sven has so fortunately been able to wallow in. But Sousa had us playing some excellent football in no time, football that was only thwarted by lack of fitness, tenacity and he sort of ruthless scorers we've been missing for years. Oh yes, and a bit of luck with referees! . Sousa was never going to be successful here cos too many people didn't want him to be. But if I were a club chairman I'd happily sign the guy tomorrow cos he's got a vision of the game, he's humble enough to learn and he's clearly intelligent enough to adjust. . But what he'd need is an English assistant - someone who believes in his philosophy, can communicate effectively, can train players til they weep and can recognise exactly the sort of footballers who would have the steel and finesse to fit in. Nice to see him so gracious about the fans. Ironic considering how quickly they chewed him up and spat him out. Even now some of the fans somehow blame him even when Sven is losing. They're convinced Sousa wasn't good enough for us but I wonder. medium term, if we weren't good enough and patient enough for him. Perhaps he'll prove it in time.
CosbehFox Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 Two of the traits you mention Sousa doesn't possess. He's one of these 'I've won a trophy playing, so no-one can change me' crew and he was also very defensive when Stringer questioned his coaching staff. Just cos he was foreign and dressed well, didn't make him intelligent. He was playing Neilson and Oakley for christ sake. Interesting how we haven't suffered as many injuries under Sven compared to under Sousa.
Guest Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 He was out of is depth. knew what he wanted but not how to get it (nor how hard it is to get it). Bit of a plonker but a good footballer.
Ambitious Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Paulo Sousa is convinced he could have brought success to Leicester City if he had been given more time and support. In his first interview since he was acrimoniously sacked, after just nine league games, Sousa admits he made mistakes and accepts responsibility for City's poor start to the campaign. However, the 40-year-old Portuguese coach also says he was not given the resources to bring in the players he wanted as he tried to build a team to match his vision, mainly because previous owner Milan Mandaric was trying to sell the club. Sousa also claims he was not given control of certain areas of playing matters. He said: "I am sure I could have turned things around. "It could have become completely different with the same support and same opportunity to buy players with calibre and quality that they have at this moment." Sousa said several of his squad wanted to leave because they did not believe in the club any more, and he was powerless to reassure them because he could not offer new contracts. As a result, he said, some players were not focused. He also painted a picture of a club where various people were pulling in different directions and said the club had lacked a single philosophy and culture, as possessed by the likes of Barcelona and Arsenal. "I have to accept my responsibilities and I am not the type of person who makes excuses," he said. "But I felt I could have handled the situation and turned it around if certain things had gone differently. I believe in my methods. "When you join a huge, historic club, like I told myself when I made the decision to come here, it is because it is a club that comes close to my own ambition. But you need to have the right environment which allows you to do the best job. "I didn't control certain areas. Not only did I understand I was not controlling these areas, I did not have the chance to change things. There were some important problems that needed to be resolved. Some of the players wanted to leave, some of them because they didn't believe any more in the club, and others because of the instability. "I didn't have the opportunity to be quick to buy the tranquillity and happiness of those players so they could be focused. "Everyone understood that, at the time, Milan did not invest in the club so much any more because the step at that time was to sell the club to potential new owners. "I could see we were making progress but I could not buy the time. "I am very sad I could not bring the success to the club I proposed, especially for the supporters."
Kitchandro Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 But Sousa had us playing some excellent football in no time, football that was only thwarted by lack of fitness, tenacity and he sort of ruthless scorers we've been missing for years. Oh yes, and a bit of luck with referees! . But if I were a club chairman I'd happily sign the guy tomorrow cos he's got a vision of the game, he's humble enough to learn and he's clearly intelligent enough to adjust. . But what he'd need is an English assistant - someone who believes in his philosophy, can communicate effectively, can train players til they weep and can recognise exactly the sort of footballers who would have the steel and finesse to fit in. Yeh in about 2 games. The rest of the time it was embarrassingly bad. He didn't seem to know how to win football matches, which is the important thing. If he was intelligent enought to adjust he would have done so. Instead, he did things his way when it was clearly wrong. He couldn't get the basics right and when you don't do that, the other stuff is futile. Sorry but he is a poor manager.
Petchy Posted 24 January 2011 Posted 24 January 2011 Ah whatever Paulo. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/9372268.stm?
Kitchandro Posted 24 January 2011 Posted 24 January 2011 Ah whatever Paulo. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/9372268.stm? So much for clearing things up That was just a lot of jibber jabber to me
SMX11 Posted 24 January 2011 Posted 24 January 2011 He still rambles on about nothing. I have nothing against the game personally, but he seriously need to look at his approach to training. At the end of the day, if he wasn't shit he would be still in charge.
Courua Posted 25 January 2011 Posted 25 January 2011 So just seen on the bbc website that Sousa is moaning about Sven taking his job without telling him that Sven was being lined up for the job... Couple of words Paulo, Sod off, and thats being polite mate, you failed spectacularly, learn, move on, and never ever forget the benefit of fitness again ya frikkin idiot. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/9372268.stm
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