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...
men years done
We don't man-mark anybody. I have never, ever done it in 27 years as a manager and I would never do it,
player men rooney
Rooney has those things that you cannot teach players - the positions he takes up just behind the front men is a European trait,
men easy rooney
It's one thing to tell a front man to drop off and fill in the hole behind, but if they don't know why they are doing it, it is not an easy thing to teach. But Rooney's just got it.
coming forward game looking players quality
The players know what this game is all about. They've been looking forward to it coming around and they know the quality of player they are up against.
players
The players know us a lot better and we can say things to them without them getting offended,
ball knew looking pull worked
We knew that they would be looking to pull the ball back for the midfielders to hit. We'd worked on that.
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,
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,
best doubt england expect far home poland side win
Poland are very good. We did our best but there is no doubt that by far the best side won.You would expect England to win their home games, though.
expect fitness match obviously problem season since start
Obviously match fitness is something else but that's a problem we have had since this season started. We would expect to start with him.
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.
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.
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.
communication maybe
Maybe if there's a communication breakdown, it's between the Blackburn medics and their manager,