A Quote by Nigel Pearson
It's never a straightforward thing to do, to be able to inherit a squad. When you're mid-season it's never easy to get a team or a squad of players to function exactly the way you want them to.
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I'm not sure how I became that way. But I've always been that way. Every team has to have at least one emotional player on the squad, or it wouldn't feel like a real squad. That lifts the squad up whenever it's down. That's what I try to do.
I've shown I am deserving to be in the England squad, but I don't just want a place in the squad; I want to be in the team.
You only have to look at the England squad to see the amount of players who get in the squad and start the games - the majority play in the Champions League.
The season lasts a long time, and we need not only a high-level squad but also a big squad.
I'm not silly enough to say I don't take note of what other strikers are doing. I was totally aware players were scoring that were in the squad - and of English players scoring who weren't in the squad.
From my point of view, it is not the coach who becomes world champion, it is a team. Not just the players who played, but the whole squad, and also the team behind the team. Because if you want to achieve success, the whole team has to work perfectly, like a machine, and all the pieces of the puzzle need to fit together into one picture.
Arsenal do not have money to spend, so they are gambling on young players. Arsenal are obliged to sell their best players and bet on youth - but what counts is having a team, great players, and a solid squad to win titles.
Like cricket has their 'A' team that plays against other international 'A' teams and get exposure. Hockey should also have a similar development squad, which can play in non-premium international tournament, while the national team plays in bigger meets. This way, we will have players ready with international exposure.
England's is a very solid squad, but I can't name a particular player; a team is all the players, and they're good.
Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
Sometimes I am questioned why I play better for the national squad than at Manchester City. I am the same at both places, but City is one team, and the Brazil national squad is another.
It is a great boost for confidence in a squad when there is not just one or two players scoring goals, but the whole team is contributing.
What I want in my squad and my players is to fight for our goal.
I think playing international football burns players out, but I was in and out of the England squad so never felt that.
When you have a small, balanced squad, you can work better. First of all everyone is involved in every squad list, a meeting can be a good training session.
Pirlo and Tevez are extraordinary players and any squad would miss them.
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