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I want to take people out of their comfort zones and teach them to rely on their team-mates. ”
But concepts around how a team functions, the importance of the relationship between football and the person, how you develop both, are always valid. ”
Without those experiences in higher education I wouldn't have been able to do this job. It taught me a more holistic approach and prepared me for the experience of working abroad, where your cultural beliefs are challenged and, sometimes, turned on their head. ”
I was at Leeds Carnegie, the ninth tier. And I was coaching students. There would have been hundreds of managers with more experience. So I had to go to the fourth tier of Swedish football, pretty much in the Arctic circle. ”
You always need a bit of fortune in life. ”
Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again. ”
When it is 1-0 and you have been dominant and you have restricted the home team to pretty much nothing, if you do not score the second goal then that is football. Any action can happen in the game. ”
You have to respect and understand the environment. So I don't think it's a case of taking anything from Ostersund and transferring it to somewhere else. ”
I played football because I loved the game - but I didn't enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture being essentially one of blame and a little fear. ”
We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths. ”