Thierry Henry
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Yes, it did, because Arsenal was all about freedom, do whatever you want in bracket, obviously, within what the boss wanted in a way.
But you've got Barcelona and it's about position.
When they talk about defending, it's make sure you keep the ball and stay in your position.
I mean, you never hear that.
I was like, what?
You know, usually people, they're already saying, when they talk about defending, assuming that you lost the ball.
At Barcelona, when you talk about defending, make sure you don't lose the ball.
You know, obviously, I mean, I don't have the experience of the boss in terms of obviously managing, but we're on the same tune.
But there is something I wanted to ask the boss is,
did the the dream team the dream team is i don't know if people all know that but the the romario stoikov guardiola laudrup that boss on the side command biggerstein and i'm not going to name them all but
How much of an impact that had on you as a coach and how you see the game now?
I can't give one word answer because two had an impact on me in two different ways.
No, no, no.
Alston developed my brain and stimulated my brain and made me realise how good of a player I could be.
And Pep, that's the second one, obviously, that's why I said two, and Pep opened my eyes on a tactical thing that I didn't even know about, basically.
Something I wanted to add, and I know that people love stories like that.
Pepe as a player, and when you go there, guys tell you stories in a dressing room.
They were playing a game away at Atletico.
It was one of the... Van Gaal just arrived and tried to put a tactic out there on the field.
And apparently, the story goes that Pepe changed the tactic on the field and started to say to people where to stand, what to do, and they won the game.