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...
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It's a lot easier to destroy than to create and if you look at Azerbaijan's games they're difficult to beat,
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It's easy to praise Ryan, he is always such an influential player and he scored two special goals. But I was delighted for David Vaughan. He is a clever, skilful player and he rarely gives the ball away. I asked him to play in an advanced role and he was outstanding all night.
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It was always going to be hard but it may even be a bit harder now.
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It's a difficult process but hopefully a year or 18 months down the line they will be experienced enough, know how we work and we can put the pieces into the puzzle as we feel fit,
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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.
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We are looking for a positive result for ourselves. If that helps England so be it, but we are only concerned with ourselves,
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Although we lacked a little bit in quality, we did go all the way to the final whistle looking to try and get that goal. I was pleased with that.
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As a Welshman I share the view that we want to beat England to dent their chances of qualifying, but then again I want to do the same thing to Poland next week.
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I think it's the right time for me - personally I think football management is about timing and being in the right place at the right time.
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It is a time I feel most vulnerable because of the decisions I have to make regarding the long-term future of this project. I know I have the experience to do better and I know I must do better.
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It has been hard for some of them, stepping up from the lower divisions where they are playing a lot more games, is tough.
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I will now not see these players for about four months so there is no point in not saying how I feel. I have never been one for avoiding the issue,
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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,
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He's played every game for Manchester City this season including two hours at Doncaster,