Michael Cox
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778 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 5d ago
Michael Cox’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He just understood that, you know, obviously Kroos has been manager there, Van Gaal has been manager there, Mikel has been manager there.
And he gets, you know, he gets the job.
And the thing we have to remember, it seems mad now, but...
Before he won his first La Liga title, Barcelona have gone six years without winning a trophy.
Not just without winning the league, without winning a trophy.
And it's quite interesting the interviews with him at that time.
He's not necessarily speaking about the footballing concepts.
He's talking a lot about the winning mentality.
And I think there's maybe certain...
That's maybe not a thing you necessarily associate with Dutch football, because obviously the thing about Dutch football is they play fantastic football and often fail at the last.
But of course, Rijkaard's got this track record of he's been a player who's won the Euros in 88.
He's won the European Cup, as we've said, with two different clubs.
He has got this aura about him.
I think when you look at the way his Barcelona played compared to later years, it actually seems quite functional, a bit primitive.
But actually in the context of European football at that time, when the sides were winning it, a kind of Mourinho's...
porto and benitez is liverpool actually it's still for that time quite a technical and forward thinking and possession based side even if he plays you know mark van bommel and ed milson in midfield rather than obviously javi and eniesta who would dominate the the guardiola team
Do you know what?
In researching some books over the years, I found so many quotes from managers who would later become really successful at the start of their career.
And they all said, I'm not going to have a long career in management.
I'm going to do eight to 10 years.
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