Michael Laudrup Quotes

I don't care how good you are, teams can be put under pressure.

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

In a team like Real Madrid, arguments always arise when things are not going well.

I think public criticism of players can go one of two ways: either the players will want to raise a proverbial middle finger at their manager and prove them wrong, or the squad will go within themselves and performances will deteriorate.

Naturally this is football, and in big teams it is not easy to play every game.

Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.

You always need time to adapt to a new manager. But in football if you don't get a result, you are under pressure.

I started this job in 1995, and I felt the same pressure in my first day, with my first team, Reggiana, in the Second Division, as I feel now. Nothing has changed, but what changes are the number of games, especially for top teams. For this reason, the work has pressure. But only this.

We have to talk about the players we have.

With United the spotlight is always on and there's always going to be that pressure, no matter what the game is.

If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

It's not that easy to come from the Bundesliga into the Premier League. It's something different.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

If you're not starting well and not taking the lead, then you're constantly putting pressure on yourself as a team.

I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?

Felix Magath works with pressure. At first, we didn't know where we stood with him. That prompted the players to give their best because they wanted to play, but after a while the players knew where they stood and Magath no longer received the same effect.

It was very difficult to succeed Bert van Marwijk because, two years before, he was second in the World Cup, and then he left a broken-up team behind - so that was much more difficult than you think.

I know these away legs are always going to be tricky playing in front of 30,000 people.

The first Premier League season is always tough for anyone.

People from outside don't know how difficult it is to be goalkeeper.

You have to be prepared for situations on and off the field, and everything that happens within the world of football. It's difficult for players at big clubs to deal with these things.

Everyone says teams should work harder when they are losing but sometimes that makes it worse.