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?It?s clear that regardless of personnel, Ruben Amorim will not shift from his 3-4-2-1 even if the pope were to force him,? notes Paul Vickers. ?This got me thinking: has there ever been a case of players actively defying a manager?s instructions, not by downing tools and giving up, but by taking up self-devised, alternative tactics and positions that they consider better suited to their abilities and the needs of the team? And what was the outcome of any such defiant player self-management in terms of the immediate result and then the subsequent fate of the manager and the players??
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?It?s clear that regardless of personnel, Ruben Amorim will not shift from his 3-4-2-1 even if the pope were to force him,? notes Paul Vickers. ?This got me thinking: has there ever been a case of players actively defying a manager?s instructions, not by downing tools and giving up, but by taking up self-devised, alternative tactics and positions that they consider better suited to their abilities and the needs of the team? And what was the outcome of any such defiant player self-management in terms of the immediate result and then the subsequent fate of the manager and the players??
A cracking question, to which we?ve received plenty of answers, so let?s proceed directly to The Insubordination Files.
Continue reading...
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