Ramble Meets...Carlos Carvalhal
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Across a 35-year career in football, Carlos Carvalhal has gone from a no-nonsense centre-half in his native Portugal to managing Swansea in the Premier League, via spells at Sporting, Besiktas and a 2.5 year stint at Sheffield Wednesday in which his side narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in both his full seasons at the club.
As the first working manager to appear in our Ramble Meets... series, Carlos offers his insight in what it takes to be a head coach at the top level in the modern game, how easy it is to spot talent, how to deal with a talented dressing room and much, much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here we go. Carlos Caroleal, football manager. |
| 0:11.2 | Carlos, you're the first manager we've had on the show. |
| 0:14.8 | So thank you so much for being here with us. |
| 0:17.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm glad that you're on the top of the laser. |
| 0:21.2 | The first and the best. |
| 0:23.2 | What's the most important thing a manager needs at the top level in football? |
| 0:28.0 | I'm managing a lot of things nowadays. |
| 0:32.0 | More than in the past in my opinion. |
| 0:36.0 | Because the society and life is changing all the time. |
| 0:40.0 | And you must adapt to the new situation. |
| 0:44.0 | So social media, for example, is one of the last enemies of the managers. |
| 0:48.0 | Not just the expectations anymore. |
| 0:52.0 | So a lot of things that you must follow to be a manager. |
| 0:57.0 | But one thing very important to be a manager. |
| 1:00.0 | You must be a leader. |
| 1:01.0 | This is very, very important after you must be your style of leadership. |
| 1:06.0 | You must have the control of the discipline in the group. |
| 1:09.0 | You must motivate all the people around you, not just the players, |
| 1:13.0 | but the staff, also the board, the fans, everybody must try to excite everybody. |
| 1:23.0 | I think the best thing is that put all the people follow you. |
| 1:28.0 | You give the guidelines and the people follow you. |
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