Martin O'Neill recently joked that football fans these days suddenly think they are top tacticians themselves based on a few games of Championship Manager.He’s right! Which is why I am going to go at suggesting why i can successfully manage a football team!
Football lovers like me and you out there often get carried away when watching our darling teams play,we dish out instructions from beer parlours,set formations from our living rooms and make tactical changes from viewing centres.we suddenly turn our self to full time managers overnight,cursing every bad miss by Bendtner and hailing every sublime goal by Torres.
I remember screaming my heart out during Arsenal's FA cup semifinal against Chelsea,the Professor had refused to bring in Arshavin and the clock was ticking real fast,i stood up in anger shouting at the top of my voice"this Wenger na big fool,make he just carry Arsha enter for walcott and make he convert Eboue and Gibbs to wing backs instead of full backs,this 4-4-2 no pay us 4 dis kind time atall,abi why dis man dey do like dis self?"my outburst caused a sharp reply from my friend who was a Chelsea fan"Jay na wa 4 you,if you sabi coach like dis,why Arsenal no employ you naa?abeg make we enjoy dis match jare...UP BLUES! BLUES 4 LIFE!! roared the anxious crowd.Embarrassed and ashamed,i took my seat in anger as it dawned on me that maybe im just an ordinary fan after all.
Fans of football Manager or Championship manager like my self can easily lay claim to having some managerial experience in the coaching field.My trophy cabinet in Football manager 2010 is so attractive that even Real Madrid would jump at the chance for me to tutor them.2 league titles,3 FA cups,2 league cups and 2 European titles in 8 years for ARSENAL is not a bad feat.If only it could happen in reality i often wished.
In the past few weeks,i could not help both wonder why the current Real Madrid team failed to advance beyond the 2nd round of the champions league.like their predecessors have done in the past few years,they were knocked out of the tournament by an average olympique Lyon team which have caused dark clouds over the era of theGALACTICOS.
Before today,i have never imagined a galaxy of stars playing together in the same team like the Real madrid team boasts of today,only in my pro evolution soccer 10 master league team will i have thought the likes of C.Ronaldo,Benzema,Kaka,Alonso,Raul,Casillas,Higuain and segio Ramos will sport the jersies of a particular team at a certain period of time.on paper,this team should never record a goaless score line,not to talk of being defeated.it is only normal if they win by large margins and embarrase their opponents at will,although that has seize to be the case.
Then i thought to my self,what could be the problem with Real madrid?is it the squad,manager,board tactics or formations.why have they failed to live up to their hype as the galacticos of our time?why have they failed to go beyond the second round of the champions league in recent years?
With all this questions begging for answers,i ask my self these questions,if i was Real Madrid manager today,what will i do,what changes will i make?,who will i sell?,who will i buy?,what formations will i use?what tactics will i apply and what moves will i make.?
so i ask you reading this,as a football Fan and Follower,what will you do if you were appointed the manager of Real madrid today?
CAN YOU BRING BACK THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY TO THE SANTIAGO BERNABAU?
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