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The first team play in a certain way and when players are thrown into the first team you want to make sure they can handle it, and I think five of my players made their debut in the Premier League.
No, I don’t miss playing. I love coaching that much. Maybe if we’re short of a player in training I would make the numbers up, but that is as far it goes.
We’re like on a rollercoaster and I don’t like that because a sign of a good team is consistency, and consistency is a work ethic and it’s about producing that standard, and if you can produce that standard week in, week out, whether you win or lose, that’s a different thing.
To be able to get a young player to perform a drill or execute a phase of play – that’s satisfying. I get happy and think he’s learned, and that’s what I enjoy.
I don’t think people saw me as a coach. But as a player I concentrated a lot on playing the game and I was always interested in the thinking side of football and speaking to managers about why they would pick a certain formation or play people in certain positions.
I still get a lot of stick from Leeds fans which is unfortunate because Leeds is very close to me. It was one of the best clubs I ever played for. They gave me the start and I had a fantastic time there.
If my players work hard during the week, then I have no problem about the weekend because I know they are ready.
When I was playing, some people said I was a luxury player, but I was just a hard worker.
Honestly, I love coaching far more than I ever did playing.
What bothers me is when my players don’t train well.
My passion for coaching is immense. I’ve fallen in love with it. I enjoy the structure. I love the hard work, organising. I love putting a plan together through the week and executing it at the weekend.
I have always liked being under the radar. Work hard and do well. That is why people talk about you.
My career started off under George Graham, a general. Even though we had big name players, he would walk into a dressing room and people would shut up. I worked with Gerard Houllier too.
I never doubted my football, it’s just a lot of things happened that prohibited me from playing.
I finished my career in Australia and started my Academy, showing kids technique. I just loved it.
In my line of work I have respect, that’s it. Plain and simple. And I follow orders. I do my job on the park and I do my job off the park.
I went into a club who were sitting dead last in League Two, then I got them out of the relegation zone within 10 games, only to then get the sack… I don’t get it.
Crawley is also a fantastic club, who gave me a platform, but I saw Notts County as a wonderful opportunity to sink my teeth into.
When I decided to join Galatasaray, obviously there were a few Leeds fans who were disappointed. The reason why I came to Galatasaray was maybe to bring these clubs together, where we can forget what happened in the past and move on.
You will make a mistake in a game, fair enough, but you want your team-mates to help you out because it is a team game.
I loved Leeds but I also loved Galatasaray.
It was a great learning curve because I knew I could put on a session, but I couldn’t set out cones straight! That’s one of the hardest things to do in coaching, little things like that to be able to prepare a session properly.
