How to become an elite coach and Pep's excuses
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Martin Samuel, Jonny Northcroft and Gregor Robertson join Tom Clarke on Thursday’s edition of The Game.
Manchester City lost for the first time at Newcastle, but did Pep Guardiola give his players an excuse for the loss before the game even started. Plus some confidence boosting wins for some big teams.
In the second part of the show a fascinating insight into what it takes to be an elite coach – the methods, dedication and psyche needed to succeed. Jonny Northcroft met Anthony Barry, once a lower league English footballer now coaching Ronaldo.
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| 1:05.3 | Hello and welcome to the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today we're talking excuses, |
| 1:09.7 | excuses, excuses as Pep Guardiola and Manchester City crash out of the Carabell Cup to leave all |
| 1:15.9 | the other teams thinking, hey, we might win a trophy this season. That'll be exciting. We'll also |
| 1:20.7 | be looking ahead to the best of the weekend's games and make sure you stay with us for the |
| 1:24.4 | second half of the show because we're going to be having an in-depth chat about all things |
| 1:28.8 | modern coaching and also the assistant manager. Are they really the genius behind the managerial |
| 1:34.7 | success? Joining me, Tom Clark, for all of that we've got Chief Correspondent for the Times and |
| 1:39.4 | Sunday Times Martyn Samuel, Football Correspondent for the Sunday Times Johnny Northcroft, |
| 1:43.9 | and a former footballer who once scored direct from a corner for Chesterfield against Mansfield in 2007 |
| 1:50.2 | in a 3-1 win, the one and only, Gregor Robertson. He's got a new guy. There you go. |
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