Manager Expectations Quotes

I think that every manager who starts work with a team has the best expectations and is giving all he's got to improve immediately.

If Jose Mourinho came to Man United, you would think, with his track record, that in maybe three seasons he would be gone. Man United are looking at the next 20 years. They've just given David Moyes a six-year contract. It is that kind of club.

There was no better manager at developing young players than Sir Alex. He knew just when to bring them in and take them out, and he believed in Paul Pogba. For once, in Paul's case, it did not work out. The timing was wrong, and the difference between expectation on the player's side and the manager's idea of his development did not match up.

I do understand Chelsea are a big club, and there is always pressure on managers to win games and trophies. So I understand they might not be willing to take a chance on someone at a bigger club.

If I want to do an orchestral record, if I want to do an acoustic record, if I want to do a death-metal record, if I want to do a jazz record - I can move in whichever direction I want, and no one is going to get upset about that. Except maybe my manager and my record company.

I needed to prove to myself - to the manager, to the fans, even to my mum and dad - that I'm not just an average player.

When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.

You can have so many different demands; trying to please the fans, pleasing the manager, please yourself.

It's only natural that players will want to show a new manager what he can do.

I think every manager is the same. Three days before the Premier League starts, every manager is selfish that way. They want the players fit and ready.

There is always pressure on managers at whatever stage of a season because we want to be winning games and we want to be winning football matches.

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.

I can remember Bob Paisley was never happy.

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.

When your manager asks you to play in a position, you have to do it.

I'm not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything. Any manager will tell you that you have to win games, and you have to get results. You have to perform.

When you manage Liverpool, you know the Manchester United job is gone.