play bazaar

Make the Champions League for the champions of each European league, and have the Europa Cup for the 2-3 placed teams. I would also add a European Cup Winners’ Cup for all the FA Cup winning teams as well.

In all major club and international play bazaar competitions throw all the teams in the hat and have teams come out naturally, no more seeded teams to help the bigger sides not meet each other, it’s so stacked against the so called little teams it’s not fair.

Where will the next generation of great footballers come from and why?

Africa, they are hungry and football is the only way many of them can feed their families and when you have that motivation anything is possible. The other reason is in Europe we coach the life out of the players from an early age.

How do you see the 2010 World Cup shaping up? What will be the quality of the football on show?

Africa deserves the World Cup and I am hopeful that they will do a good job, of course there will be problems but FIFA are working very closely with the powers that be so that if there is a problem they will hopefully be in a position to sort it out early.

Will African teams perform well do you think?

That’s the question I think a lot is being made of, the African teams doing well and it remains to be seen. The teams that qualified for the World Cup didn’t have such a great showing in the recent African Nations’ Cup so we will see.

What qualities are needed to be a football coach at the highest level?

An in-depth love of the game and understanding of the human mind is for me key, an awareness of everything around you. Technical knowledge, recognizing the need to have a quality back-up team from the assistant to the physiotherapist is also key to your success.

Having attained your coaching qualifications are now a must but it’s a lot more than that and your personality is also something that must be right.

What changes in tactics and formations have you seen over the course of your coaching career? Any major shifts you have noticed?

This does make me laugh sometimes as we see on TV all these wonderful permutations of a 4-4-2 suddenly someone says no it’s a 4-1-3-1-1 or what ever seems to be in fashion at the time.

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