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Interesting article from the Mirror - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/foot...tV6jRSmLqAm-UllMpNiVdlFhTxMIKTBLGIFqmkqbqY7iw
Well worth a read. Here's Schurlle's quotes
"He's a brutal guy," Schurrle said. "I always thought to myself: What does he do anyway? Why does he treat me like this? Why does he do this to people?
"In retrospect, I realise what he wanted and what resources he was working with. At the time, I couldn't really deal with the things he wanted from me because of all the harshness and the psychological pressure.
"Back then, it was extremely difficult. I would often drive home after conversations with him and just thought I couldn't do it anymore. What could I do? He was building up such extreme pressure."
"It was often the case that I played from the start and then he'd replace me at half time," he added.
"Then, in the next game, I wasn't in the squad and I was in the stands. I couldn't understand that at the time and I lost my self-esteem. My ego was hurt.
"Then I started thinking about what might be going through his mind. Sometimes during training I had the feeling that he was only looking at me, even if that probably wasn't the case."
Perhaps a little more bashing of Jose by the main stream media. No surprises there. That being said, I does get me wondering whether Jose has adapted his management style over the years. There's also a school of thought about the great managers extracting the very best from every personality type in the dressing room. Can Jose?
It's also hard to read this article, whilst not casting a thought to Dele Alli. As much as he outperformed most of his team mates on Thursday, you do get the feeling that the psychological agenda is more important than the performance at this point in the manager / player relationship.
Well worth a read. Here's Schurlle's quotes
"He's a brutal guy," Schurrle said. "I always thought to myself: What does he do anyway? Why does he treat me like this? Why does he do this to people?
"In retrospect, I realise what he wanted and what resources he was working with. At the time, I couldn't really deal with the things he wanted from me because of all the harshness and the psychological pressure.
"Back then, it was extremely difficult. I would often drive home after conversations with him and just thought I couldn't do it anymore. What could I do? He was building up such extreme pressure."
"It was often the case that I played from the start and then he'd replace me at half time," he added.
"Then, in the next game, I wasn't in the squad and I was in the stands. I couldn't understand that at the time and I lost my self-esteem. My ego was hurt.
"Then I started thinking about what might be going through his mind. Sometimes during training I had the feeling that he was only looking at me, even if that probably wasn't the case."
Perhaps a little more bashing of Jose by the main stream media. No surprises there. That being said, I does get me wondering whether Jose has adapted his management style over the years. There's also a school of thought about the great managers extracting the very best from every personality type in the dressing room. Can Jose?
It's also hard to read this article, whilst not casting a thought to Dele Alli. As much as he outperformed most of his team mates on Thursday, you do get the feeling that the psychological agenda is more important than the performance at this point in the manager / player relationship.