There's a good interview in the Mail. I'll post his quotes only, because I'll be god damned if I'm linking to that shite.
'My life's work has been trying to show that British players can play. I grew up being told they weren't as good technically or tactically as European players - it's the biggest tosh I've ever heard,'
'It's about giving players confidence. British players are born the same as Spanish players but we have an inferiority complex.
'I've worked with kids from the age of five to world-class players at Chelsea and Liverpool. I have a decent idea what technique looks like and British players are as good as Europeans. John Terry was a brilliant footballer and tactically brilliant. Steven Gerrard is the best I've worked with for tempo and technique. An England team with Gerrard, Lampard and Paul Scholes in midfield should have dominated games, dominated the ball.'
'There's no reason English players can't succeed. We have players who have confidence and who can play,'
'Look at Jon Flanagan. At one point we didn't even have any Championship clubs who wanted him on loan. But I hear people talking about what a good passer of the ball he is. It's exercises and drills that have made him better and better. Look at Jordan Henderson. Everyone is talking about how good he is tactically. He can play and pass. We can do that in this country but players need to be encouraged and given confidence. And, of course, the players also have to want to do it.'
'There are triggers when to go and press the ball and you need tactical discipline from everyone, A club like Barcelona teach it from their youth teams, so when young players make the first team they already know all the triggers. It took time to introduce it here but the players all listened. The reference (when to press) is in relation to who has got the ball, which opponent. You might have a right-footer like (Arsenal defender Laurent) Koscielny playing on the left side so you could highlight him. You let him have the ball and as soon as he has it, you jump, you press, you know what his passing line is going to be, so you set up your winger to press on the next one. The midfield follow up. They are all links in a chain.'
'The game against Arsenal was a beautiful game as a coach. I was very proud to watch the team because that's what you work on. To hear some of the former players like John Barnes and John Aldridge, who come from a time when Liverpool were in their pomp, talking about the best part of a game they have ever seen - that really tells you the level the team is at.'
'The idea is to try to win the FA Cup. Last year, I gave opportunities to the squad in the FA Cup and it showed the depth wasn't good enough because we lost to Oldham. This season there will be no wholesale changes in the Cup.'
'It's OK, we are good friends and I know the game, I take it as a compliment that after 18 months we are being talked about in that way. If you go back to September 2012 and look at what Jose said when I came in, that the club was not set up to win the league, it shows you his thoughts on where we were at then and where we are now.'
