How Football Managers Lose Credibility
Over this weekend there have been even more examples than ususal of top managers making public comments that are not only unhelpful to others in the game but have a negative impact on their own credibility.
Messers Wenger and Martinez – both of whom I am a fan of – made strong comments about opposition players that contradicted with what fans, other players and managers could see for themselves on TV.
I know as well as anyone how difficult post match interviews are – after all we train clients to do them well. However when so much emotion is involved these are high profile examples of when taking a more neutral line immediately after the game would benefit everyone involved.
While Wenger has built up more than enough credibility to ensure these comments and the subsequent reaction from Tony Pulis will not have an impact on how he is perceived, I hope it’s a lesson to other managers and players to be sure of the message you want to get across before you the cameras roll.
Tags: Football Manager, Martinez, Post Match Interview, Ramsey, Shawcross, Sky Sports, Wenger
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That’s a very interesting post Richard and reminded me of some of the recent post match interviews given by certain international rugby captains.
We all appreciate that leaving the audience with a ‘positive message’ is important, especially when your position as captain is possibly in question, however when there is a gaping void between what is said and what is actually seen by the public on the field it can be hugely irritating – as well as being detrimental to the player’s reputation.
We’ve seen enough spin in politics without wanting to see the same every saturday afternoon.
If Captain’s are going to talk about ‘lots of positives’, I wish they would recognise the obvious negatives that have been the cause.