The Tactician
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- Feb 18, 2013
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Perception is clearly something Sean Dyche thought long and hard about during his year away from the Premier League.
The Burnley manager may not have quite stewed over criticism but, talking on the eve of a top-flight return, made it plain that he believes British bosses are at an immediate disadvantage.
Dyche - who won last season's Championship title - wonders why foreign coaches are heralded as 'geniuses' for almost identical methods.
'They questioned me for playing a 4-4-2,' Dyche said of his last Premier League campaign, 'and then everyone played it last year and it was 'amazing Claudio Ranieri, amazing, tactical genius'.
'Jurgen Klopp came in and played sort of a 4-4-2 and let's run really hard and press, people thought it was incredible... 'wasn't Sean Dyche doing that years ago when he got here? Oh well'.
'Antonio Conte came in at Chelsea and he got commended for bringing a hard, fast, new leadership to Chelsea, which involved doing 800metre runs, 400m runs and 200m runs.
'Come to my training and see Sean Dyche doing that and you'd say 'dinosaur, a young English dinosaur manager, hasn't got a clue'. So is it perception or is it fact? I have no problem with it. It's the reality I say.'
The pre-season noise about dieting has also tickled Dyche, keen to stress he was not denouncing the ability of individuals.
'I saw [Gael] Clichy talking about the diet that Pep Guardiola has brought in. He's stopped pizza. Last year Ranieri was adding pizza. Two geniuses, one adding pizza one taking it away.'
Dyche quantified that, adding: 'I'm being flippant but serious as well. It's true, that is the misconception.
'Clichy was talking about this amazing new diet, saying 'we don't eat junk food'. We've been doing that since I got here, I did it at Watford, so are other English managers.
'Here are the dietitians, this is what we do, we've sorted a chef out and he's going to support you, we've got the supplements and we're going to have a fluid consultant in. Because I'm Sean Dyche you wouldn't be interested. It's 'go on Pep, tell us about your pizzas'.'
Dyche is up against Swansea City's Italian Francesco Guidolin this weekend, Klopp with Liverpool the next and Conte at Stamford Bridge following that.
'There's no problem with me and foreign managers, but this is my view on it,' he said. 'A job comes up and [fans are asked] who do you want, a foreign name is mentioned, and they go 'oh yeah I've heard he's a great tactician'.
'That's usually the line and we watch it sat on the bus wetting ourselves laughing. The fan has never heard of him.
'They're a bit more snazzy, let's see what this Belgian manager or this Argentinian manager can do.
'It's not interesting for me to go 'oh look, there's that famous manager, yeah he's been doing this and that'. I have total respect to the man stood next to me - some have done amazing things in the game - but I don't think about schmoozing.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...n-boss-claims-Burnley-manager-Sean-Dyche.html
The Burnley manager may not have quite stewed over criticism but, talking on the eve of a top-flight return, made it plain that he believes British bosses are at an immediate disadvantage.
Dyche - who won last season's Championship title - wonders why foreign coaches are heralded as 'geniuses' for almost identical methods.
'They questioned me for playing a 4-4-2,' Dyche said of his last Premier League campaign, 'and then everyone played it last year and it was 'amazing Claudio Ranieri, amazing, tactical genius'.
'Jurgen Klopp came in and played sort of a 4-4-2 and let's run really hard and press, people thought it was incredible... 'wasn't Sean Dyche doing that years ago when he got here? Oh well'.
'Antonio Conte came in at Chelsea and he got commended for bringing a hard, fast, new leadership to Chelsea, which involved doing 800metre runs, 400m runs and 200m runs.
'Come to my training and see Sean Dyche doing that and you'd say 'dinosaur, a young English dinosaur manager, hasn't got a clue'. So is it perception or is it fact? I have no problem with it. It's the reality I say.'
The pre-season noise about dieting has also tickled Dyche, keen to stress he was not denouncing the ability of individuals.
'I saw [Gael] Clichy talking about the diet that Pep Guardiola has brought in. He's stopped pizza. Last year Ranieri was adding pizza. Two geniuses, one adding pizza one taking it away.'
Dyche quantified that, adding: 'I'm being flippant but serious as well. It's true, that is the misconception.
'Clichy was talking about this amazing new diet, saying 'we don't eat junk food'. We've been doing that since I got here, I did it at Watford, so are other English managers.
'Here are the dietitians, this is what we do, we've sorted a chef out and he's going to support you, we've got the supplements and we're going to have a fluid consultant in. Because I'm Sean Dyche you wouldn't be interested. It's 'go on Pep, tell us about your pizzas'.'
Dyche is up against Swansea City's Italian Francesco Guidolin this weekend, Klopp with Liverpool the next and Conte at Stamford Bridge following that.
'There's no problem with me and foreign managers, but this is my view on it,' he said. 'A job comes up and [fans are asked] who do you want, a foreign name is mentioned, and they go 'oh yeah I've heard he's a great tactician'.
'That's usually the line and we watch it sat on the bus wetting ourselves laughing. The fan has never heard of him.
'They're a bit more snazzy, let's see what this Belgian manager or this Argentinian manager can do.
'It's not interesting for me to go 'oh look, there's that famous manager, yeah he's been doing this and that'. I have total respect to the man stood next to me - some have done amazing things in the game - but I don't think about schmoozing.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...n-boss-claims-Burnley-manager-Sean-Dyche.html