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...
divisions hard lower playing stepping
It has been hard for some of them, stepping up from the lower divisions where they are playing a lot more games, is tough.
bit hard harder
It was always going to be hard but it may even be a bit harder now.
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.
fitness mark moment performer problem wise
Mark is an experienced performer and at the moment fitness wise we don't see a problem with him,
avoiding four months players point saying
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,
decisions experience future regarding time vulnerable
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.
communication maybe
Maybe if there's a communication breakdown, it's between the Blackburn medics and their manager,
football management personally time timing
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.
good time winning
Winning all the time is not necessarily good for the team.
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,
advanced asked ball david delighted easy gives player praise rarely role special
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.
best changing final ireland maybe northern pattern pride similar stick
We all have our pride to play for and we will do our best here, and we will stick to a similar pattern before maybe changing things around for Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan in our final two qualifiers,
against cent england five four ok per prove quality sides top
England have a lot of quality in a lot of areas, particularly midfield. But they have still got to prove that they can be one of the top six. Against 60 per cent of sides, some of the things they did against us they'll be OK with. But against the top four or five sides they may just have to have a re-think.
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,