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Now out. '1958, A personal account of that fateful year for Manchester United.' by Roy Cavanagh MBE. The print edition via http://rednews.bigcartel.com/product...chester-united Kindle via https://www.amazon.co.uk/personal-ac...SIN=B079CLFB66
“His man-management without a doubt was his biggest strength. As a manager he was the best but his man-management was something which a lot of other managers would struggle to match. He knew how to speak to players, how to get a reaction. He’s the only manager that could leave someone out and make them feel good about it – he was incredible. He knew how to get a reaction from me. There were so many times where at half-time I'd played well and we had players who hadn’t played so well and he'd always come at me. We had shouting matches in the dressing room, but he knew he’d get a reaction on the pitch. If he did it to another player – for example Nani – he knew he’d lose the player but he just knew the right thing to do with different players. He’d tell me to stop dribbling but he’d actually be aiming it at Nani, he was clever like that. I was one of the players who didn't take being left out well. We’d have disagreements over leaving me out, that’s good, players and managers in football should have debates. At times it was really simple, he’d just tell us to go and win the game. If we had someone sent off, players would have to work out how to change things on the pitch. But in the big games, that’s when he’d do certain things. When you’re going forward get it wide, second balls, sustain attacks. You're almost suffocating the defence. They might hold on for 70 or 80 minutes but they'd end up dead on their feet and we'd get a late goal."
Now out. '1958, A personal account of that fateful year for Manchester United.' by Roy Cavanagh MBE. The print edition via http://rednews.bigcartel.com/product...chester-united Kindle via https://www.amazon.co.uk/personal-ac...SIN=B079CLFB66
“His man-management without a doubt was his biggest strength. As a manager he was the best but his man-management was something which a lot of other managers would struggle to match. He knew how to speak to players, how to get a reaction. He’s the only manager that could leave someone out and make them feel good about it – he was incredible. He knew how to get a reaction from me. There were so many times where at half-time I'd played well and we had players who hadn’t played so well and he'd always come at me. We had shouting matches in the dressing room, but he knew he’d get a reaction on the pitch. If he did it to another player – for example Nani – he knew he’d lose the player but he just knew the right thing to do with different players. He’d tell me to stop dribbling but he’d actually be aiming it at Nani, he was clever like that. I was one of the players who didn't take being left out well. We’d have disagreements over leaving me out, that’s good, players and managers in football should have debates. At times it was really simple, he’d just tell us to go and win the game. If we had someone sent off, players would have to work out how to change things on the pitch. But in the big games, that’s when he’d do certain things. When you’re going forward get it wide, second balls, sustain attacks. You're almost suffocating the defence. They might hold on for 70 or 80 minutes but they'd end up dead on their feet and we'd get a late goal."