Capello's Management Philosophy

[chinapig]

Interesting interview with Capello in today's Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/ju...am.worldcup2010

I was struck by this part especially:

Capello sees confidence as the key to this and hopes to foster it by treating every player equally. He sees his task as being to create a club mentality into his squad. With this approach he will also seek to mitigate the impact of England's paucity of goalscoring strikers. "I think to have a striker is very important but it is also very important to have the spirit," he said. "Without the group, it's impossible to win. You have to be together. Always at a World Cup, a European Championship, the team that wins it has a strong group."

Nice to see Fabio has taken some tips from Gary.

[SimplyRed]

Yes, the commentator for the Holland game summed it up quite well too, during the game.

He said that the team was the sum of its parts, that the best team was not necessarily the best eleven players, but the eleven players that complemented each other the best.

And obviously this applies to Gary Johnson's philosophy. We don't have the best eleven players in the Championship, but the elevens selected for each game played pretty much the best (well, 4th best!) as a team - they complemented each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Key point. It's not about bringing in the 'best' players, but rather those that will complement the team and maintain - or improve - the "group ethic" imposed by the manager.

[chinapig]

Yes, the commentator for the Holland game summed it up quite well too, during the game.

He said that the team was the sum of its parts, that the best team was not necessarily the best eleven players, but the eleven players that complemented each other the best.

And obviously this applies to Gary Johnson's philosophy. We don't have the best eleven players in the Championship, but the elevens selected for each game played pretty much the best (well, 4th best!) as a team - they complemented each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Key point. It's not about bringing in the 'best' players, but rather those that will complement the team and maintain - or improve - the "group ethic" imposed by the manager.

Couldn't agree more. Holland had two unspectacular midfielders who set the platform for the team to attack on the break and their best attacking weapon was their left back. There are "better" players than Kuyt available to them but he does an enormous amount of work for the team and liberates other players, as he does at Liverpool. So Gary, Fabio and Van Basten all have a similar approach. Not bad company to be in!