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Benitez “is the glue that keeps the club together”
Published 1/16/2008 by Ronaldo Assis de Moreira at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... , The Sun) speak with Slaven Bilic. The Croatia manager gives almost identical quotes to all the papers. Perhaps his most insightful quote is on the “English WAG culture,” “You created that media aura! You give Alex Curran [Mrs Gerrard] a column! You made them stars! Now you’re saying England failed in Germany because the players’ wives were there too much! No! You didn’t play good. It was on the pitch. That’s the truth and the truth hurts.” ...

What Football Needs is More Slaven Bilić
Published 1/16/2008 by Martha at The Offside
... , offering his eminently quotable opinion on everything from the genius of Fabio Capello to why England lost to Bilić’s team in Euro 2008 qualifying (one guess on the answer to that one); from his paltry salary (about $4.10/year, if my conversions are correct), to why the pressure on him is far greater than that felt by Capello. Rather than tell you in my feeble words what Bilic had to say, I’ll just let them wash over you, unfiltered. On Capello: In Croatia, if someone comes and sits at your table and after 20 minutes he is telling you all the systems and the tactics, then ...