Fred Binney and Susanna Dress The Nation
December 19th 2009 21:07
When Pep Guardiola took over at Barcelona he inherited a team undoubtedly already on the up. However he recognised changes could still be made to make the Catalonian outfit an even slicker unit than it already was.
Already a firm fans favourite down at Camp Nou for his playing days as an intelligent midfielder he implemented his new strategy for the club which could yield the club’s sixth trophy in a year in Abu Dhabi today.
But what was Pep’s inspiration for his management style? Well anyone who has seen the Barca boss strutting about his technical area n Europe’s top grounds cannot but fail to see to striking similarities to another dapper chap who has worked wonders at his own Trust run outfit.
The man who clocked over 250 appearances for the team dubbed Més que un club must have seen how donning a three piece could bring the best out of the likes of Logan and co and thought how high style could reap the benefits for him as well.
To win the Club World Cup in the Middle East however Guardiola must beat Estudiantes de La Plata and their manager Alejando Sabella. The Argentine coach took his outfit from a different peg to Guardiola as he wore his lucky brown donkey jacket through Estudiantes’ successful Copa Libertadores campaign earlier this year.
Now I’m no Gok Wan but what Tisdale’s style said to me when he first rolled into the Park is while we may all be in non-league some of us at looking at the third tier of English football.
We held on to his cravat tails as he dragged us towards Wembley a couple of times and his recent leather cap effort is a far cry from Flacky’s hat in hand gestures of yesteryear.
For all the Tisdale’s style however on the issue of headwear you would do well to budge Alan Ball as the most stylish purveyor of barnet covers to grace the dugouts at the Park.
Back over in this neck of the woods another who made his name at the Park has been subject to a few scoffs for his choice of clobber.
Last year during Brazil’s defeat in a friendly to Portugal Dunga came in for a bucketload of abuse for his choice of shirt during the game. The unorthodox touchline attire may have been more at home in an amateur dramatic performance of Saturday Night Fever but it turned out to be simple act of a father trying to lend a helping hand to one of his kids.
Dunga’s daughter is an aspiring fashion designer and made the black and white leopard skin print especially for her old man to wear during the game.
“If parents don't help their children or give them incentives in their work, then it's more likely that they will get involved in drugs and that sort of thing," Was the no-nonsense midfielder’s no-nonsense response. “First of all, it was a white shirt with black flowers on it and I don't think black and white is that colourful.”
Dunga even tried to turn Discogate into an issue of football being to stuck in it’s ways and unable to except change.
“It just shows how difficult it is to change things in football. They expect you either to wear the team tracksuit or a traditional jacket and tie and that's it.”
Well Dunga, when you play us again you’ll find the competition stretches from the pitch to the wardrobe.
Up the City!
Tim
Really Long Link
Already a firm fans favourite down at Camp Nou for his playing days as an intelligent midfielder he implemented his new strategy for the club which could yield the club’s sixth trophy in a year in Abu Dhabi today.
But what was Pep’s inspiration for his management style? Well anyone who has seen the Barca boss strutting about his technical area n Europe’s top grounds cannot but fail to see to striking similarities to another dapper chap who has worked wonders at his own Trust run outfit.
The man who clocked over 250 appearances for the team dubbed Més que un club must have seen how donning a three piece could bring the best out of the likes of Logan and co and thought how high style could reap the benefits for him as well.
To win the Club World Cup in the Middle East however Guardiola must beat Estudiantes de La Plata and their manager Alejando Sabella. The Argentine coach took his outfit from a different peg to Guardiola as he wore his lucky brown donkey jacket through Estudiantes’ successful Copa Libertadores campaign earlier this year.
Now I’m no Gok Wan but what Tisdale’s style said to me when he first rolled into the Park is while we may all be in non-league some of us at looking at the third tier of English football.
We held on to his cravat tails as he dragged us towards Wembley a couple of times and his recent leather cap effort is a far cry from Flacky’s hat in hand gestures of yesteryear.
For all the Tisdale’s style however on the issue of headwear you would do well to budge Alan Ball as the most stylish purveyor of barnet covers to grace the dugouts at the Park.
Back over in this neck of the woods another who made his name at the Park has been subject to a few scoffs for his choice of clobber.
Last year during Brazil’s defeat in a friendly to Portugal Dunga came in for a bucketload of abuse for his choice of shirt during the game. The unorthodox touchline attire may have been more at home in an amateur dramatic performance of Saturday Night Fever but it turned out to be simple act of a father trying to lend a helping hand to one of his kids.
Dunga’s daughter is an aspiring fashion designer and made the black and white leopard skin print especially for her old man to wear during the game.
“If parents don't help their children or give them incentives in their work, then it's more likely that they will get involved in drugs and that sort of thing," Was the no-nonsense midfielder’s no-nonsense response. “First of all, it was a white shirt with black flowers on it and I don't think black and white is that colourful.”
Dunga even tried to turn Discogate into an issue of football being to stuck in it’s ways and unable to except change.
“It just shows how difficult it is to change things in football. They expect you either to wear the team tracksuit or a traditional jacket and tie and that's it.”
Well Dunga, when you play us again you’ll find the competition stretches from the pitch to the wardrobe.
Up the City!
Tim
Really Long Link
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