John Toshack
John Toshack
John Benjamin Toshack OBEis a Welsh former footballer and football manager. He currently manages Wydad Casablanca. He has also managed several others clubs including Swansea City, who he took from the Fourth Division to the First in four seasons, and two spells with Real Madrid...
players
The players know us a lot better and we can say things to them without them getting offended,
coming forward game looking players quality
The players know what this game is all about. They've been looking forward to it coming around and they know the quality of player they are up against.
finished game last onto quite strongly
We finished the game quite strongly but we couldn't get onto the end of anything in the last third,
attack bit caused chances counter created dozen finish game half last quite trouble
We caused quite a bit of trouble on the counter attack in our last game away from home, but unfortunately we weren't able to finish them off and take any of the half a dozen chances we created which is not normal,
football real player
I don't like champagne, I don't smoke cigars, I haven't any real jewellery at all, apart from the 8 pieces of gold I picked up at Anfield, the most important relationship at a football club is not between the manager and the chairman, but the players and the fans.
player feet development
When we have four or five players out it's very difficult to get any continuity at this stage in our development. If I pull the blanket over my head my feet get cold, and if I push it over my feet my head gets cold.
football winning
Winning all the time is not necessarily good.
successful player managers
I've been very fortunate and privileged as a player and manager - I've been successful and picked up a lot of knowledge and experience,
country player hands
What I'm not in the habit of doing, and I'm not going to do, is go around cap in hand pleading with players to play for their country,
player men rooney
Rooney has those things that you cannot teach players - the positions he takes up just behind the front men is a European trait,
ball knew looking pull worked
We knew that they would be looking to pull the ball back for the midfielders to hit. We'd worked on that.
concerned england helps looking positive result
We are looking for a positive result for ourselves. If that helps England so be it, but we are only concerned with ourselves,
decide few players
There are one or two players with a few niggles, so we will need to take a look at them before we decide what to do,
against although confident england games lost played since three took
We have played three qualifying games now since we took over and they have all been close, and although we are disappointed to have lost to England we are still confident of doing something against the Poles.